And all the small places round these towns, as far as Baalath-beer, the high place of the South. These were their living-places, and they have lists of their generations.

At the four quarters were the doorkeepers, toward the east, west, north, and south.

Obed-Edom was assigned the south gate, and his sons were assigned the storehouses.

Each day there were six Levites posted on the east, four on the north, and four on the south. At the storehouses they were posted in pairs.