21 Bible Verses about Gatekeepers

The gate-keepers, Shallum and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum the head; And hitherto in the king's gate from the sunrising: they keeping the gate for the camps of the sons of Levi. And Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his brethren to the house of his father, the Korahites over the work of the service watching the thresholds to the tent: and their fathers over the camp of Jehovah watching the entrance.read more.
And Phinehas son of Eleazar was leader over them to their face; Jehovah with him. Zechariah son of Meshelemiah, the gate of the opening to the tent of appointment All of them chosen for the gates upon the thresholds, two hundred and twelve. They in their villages being enrolled, David founded them, and Samuel the seeing, in their faithfulness.

For the divisions to the gates. To the Korahites, Meshelemiah, the son of Kora from the sons of Asaph. And to Meshelemiah, sons: Zechariah the first-born, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.read more.
And to Obed-Edom, sons: Shemaiah, the first-born, Jehozabad the second, Josh the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nathaniel the fifth, Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him. To Shemaiah his son were sons born, lords to the house of their fathers: for they were strong of power. The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, his brethren, sons of strength, Elihu and Sema-chiah. All these from the sons of Obed-Edom: they and their sons and their brethren, men of strength in power for the service, sixty and two to Obed-Edom. And to Meshelemiah sons and brethren, sons of strength, eighteen. And to Hosah from the sons of Merari, Shimri the head, (for he was not the first-born, and his father will set him for head;) Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and the brethren to Hosah, thirteen. To these the divisions of the gates for the heads of the strong ones, the watches near their brethren, to serve in the house of Jehovah. And they will cast lots, according to small according to great, for the house of their fathers, to gate and gate

The sons of the gates: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatite, the sons of Shobi, all, a hundred thirty and nine.

The gate keepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai, a hundred thirty and eight

And making known to you that all the priests and Levites, the players, the porters, the Nethinims, and those serving this house of God, tribute, excise and toll, not being permitted to be lifted up upon them.

And the priests dwelt, and the Levites, and from the people, and those singing, and those opening the gates, and the Nethinims, in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

And there dwelt the priests and the Levites and the gatekeepers, and those singing, and from the people and the Nethinims, and all Israel in their cities; and the seventh month will draw near, and the sons of Israel in their cities.

And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah giving, portions, of the singers and the gate-keepers, the word of a day in its day: and consecrating to the Levites; and the Levites consecrating to the sons of Aaron.

And he will make for him a great cell, and there before them were given the gifts, the frankincense and the vessels, and the tenth of the grain of the new wine and the new oil, (the command of the Levites, and those singing, and the gate-keepers,) and the oblations of the priests.

And they and their sons over the gates to the house of Jehovah to the house of the tent, for the watches. To the four quarters will be the gates, from the sunrising, the sea, the north and the south. And their brethren in their enclosures to come for seven days from time to time with these.read more.
For in faithfulness these four strong ones of the gates, these Levites, and they were over the cells and over the treasures of the house of God. And they will lodge round about the house of God, for upon them the watches, and they over its opening, and for morning to morning.

And he will set up according to the judgment of David his father the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their watches, to praise and to serve before the priests for the word of a day in its day; and the gate-keepers in their divisions, to gate and gate: for thus the command of David the man of God.

And the gate-keepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren watching in the gates, a hundred seventy and two.

And those singing, sons of Asaph, upon their station according to the command of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the kings seer; and the porters at gate and gate; not for them to depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.

And David will say to the chiefs of the Levites to cause their brethren to stand singing with every instrument of song, lyres and harps, and cymbals, causing to hear to lift up with the voice for joy. And the Levites wilt set up He-man son of Joel; and from his brethren, Asaph son of Berechiah; and from the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan son of Kushaiah; And with them their brethren being second, Zechariah the son, and Jahaziel and Shemiramoth and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah. and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom, Jeiel, gate-keepers.

And he will leave there before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, to Asaph and to his brethren, to serve before the ark always, for the word of a day in its day. And Obed-Edom and his brethren, sixty and eight; and Obed-Edom son of Jeduthun and Hosah for gate-keepers:

And the Levites will be numbered from the son of thirty years and above: and their number, for their craniums, for the men, thirty and eight thousand. From these to superintend over the work of the house of Jehovah, twenty and four thousand; and scribes and judges, six thousand: And four thousand gate keepers, and four thousand praising to Jehovah with instruments which I made to praise.

And the lot will fall from the sunrising to Shelemiah. And Zechariah his son counseling in understanding, they cast lots; and his lot will go forth north. To Obed-Edom, south; and to his sons the house of stores. To Shuppim and to Hosah to the west, with the gate of Shallecheth, by the highway of the going up, watch over against watch.read more.
To the sunrising, six Levites; to the north, four for the day, to the south, four for the day, and to Asuppim, two, two. To Parbar to the west, four at the highway, two at the open portico, These the divisions of the gates to the sons of the Korahites, and to the sons of Merari.

And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gate-keepers, those singing, the Nethinims, and all being separated from the people of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, all knowing understanding; Holding upon their brethren, their mighty ones, and coming into a curse, and into an oath, to go in the law of God which was given by the hand of Moses the servant of God, and to watch and to do all the command of Jehovah our Lord, and his judgments and his ordinances;

Mattaniah and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, watching the gates the watch of the stores of the gates.

And they will go and call to the gate of the city and announce to them, saying, We came to the camp of Aram, and behold, not a man there, and voice of man, but the horse made fast, and the ass made fast, and the tents as they are And it will be called out at the gates, and they will announce to the king's house within.

And it will be as the wall was built, and I shall set up the doors, and the gate-keepers, and those singing, and the Levites will be appointed. And I shall command Hanani my brother, and Hananiah chief of the fortress, over Jerusalem, for he is as a man of truth, and fearing God above many. And it will be said to them, The gates of Jerusalem shall not be opened till the sun being hot; and till they standing by shall shut the doors and fasten: and setting up watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, a man in his watch, and a man before his house.