6 Bible Verses about South Gates

Obed-edom’s was the south gate, and his sons’ lot was for the storehouses; it was the west gate and the gate of Shallecheth on the ascending highway for Shuppim and Hosah.

There were guards stationed at every watch. There were six Levites each day on the east, four each day on the north, four each day on the south, and two pair at the storehouses. read more.
As for the court on the west, there were four at the highway and two at the court. Those were the divisions of the gatekeepers from the sons of the Korahites and Merarites. From the Levites, Ahijah was in charge of the treasuries of God’s temple and the treasuries of what had been dedicated. From the sons of Ladan, who were the sons of the Gershonites through Ladan and were the heads of families belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli. The sons of Jehieli, Zetham and his brother Joel, were in charge of the treasuries of the Lord’s temple. From the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites: Shebuel, a descendant of Moses’ son Gershom, was the officer in charge of the treasuries. His relative through Eliezer: his son Rehabiah, his son Jeshaiah, his son Joram, his son Zichri, and his son Shelomith.

Then he brought me to the inner court through the south gate. When he measured the south gate, it had the same measurements as the others.

Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, there were chambers for the singers: one beside the north gate, facing south, and another beside the south gate, facing north.

He brought me to the south side, and there was also a gate on the south. He measured its pilasters and portico; they had the same measurements as the others.

“When the people of the land come before the Lord at the appointed times, whoever enters by way of the north gate to worship must go out by way of the south gate, and whoever enters by way of the south gate must go out by way of the north gate. No one must return through the gate by which he entered, but must go out by the opposite gate.

There were three gates on the east, three gates on the north, three gates on the south, and three gates on the west.