Bible Verses About Porters

And the porters were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chiefe.

For they were porters to this time by companies of the children of Leui vnto the Kinges gate eastward.

And Shallum the sonne of Kore the sonne of Ebiasaph the sonne of Korah, and his brethren the Korathites (of the house of their father) were ouer the worke, and office to keepe the gates of the Tabernacle: so their families were ouer the hoste of the Lord, keeping the entrie.

And Phinehas ye sonne of Eleazar was their guide, and the Lord was with him.

Zechariah the sonne of Meshelemiah was the porter of the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

All these were chosen for porters of the gates, two hundreth and twelue, which were nombred according to their genealogies by their townes. Dauid established these and Samuel the Seer in their perpetuall office.

So they and their children had the ouersight of the gates of the house of the Lord, euen of the house of the Tabernacle by wardes.

The porters were in foure quarters Eastward, Westward, Northward and Southward.

And their brethren, which were in their townes, came at seuen dayes from time to time with them.

For these foure chiefe porters were in perpetuall office, and were of the Leuites and had charge of the chambers, and of the treasures in the house of God.

And they lay rounde about the house of God, because the charge was theirs, and they caused it to be opened euery morning.

And certaine of them had the rule of the ministring vessels: for they brought them in by tale, and brought them out by tale.

Some of them also were appoynted ouer the instruments, and ouer all the vessels of the Sanctuarie, and of the floure, and the wine, and the oyle, and the incense, and the sweete odours.

And certaine of the sonnes of the Priestes made oyntments of sweete odours.

And Mattithiah one of the Leuites which was the eldest sonne of Shallum the Korhite, had the charge of the things that were made in the frying panne.

And other of their brethren the sonnes of Kohath had the ouersight of the shewbread to prepare it euery Sabbath.

And these also cast lots with their brethren the sonnes of Aaron before King Dauid, and Zadok and Ahimelech and the chiefe fathers of the Priests, and of the Leuites, euen the chiefe of the families against their yonger brethren.

And they cast lottes both small and great for the house of their fathers, for euery gate.

And the lot on the East side fel to Shelemiah: then they cast lottes for Zechariah his sonne a wise couseller, and his lot came out Northward:

To Obed Edom Southwarde, and to his sonnes the house of Asuppim:

To Shuppim and to Hosah Westwarde with the gate of Shallecheth by the paued streete that goeth vpward, warde ouer against warde.

Eastward were sixe Leuites, and Northwarde foure a day, and Southward foure a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.

In Parbar towarde the West were foure by the paued streete, and two in Parbar.

These are the diuisions of the porters of the sonnes of Kore, and of the sonnes of Merari.

This is it that ye shall do, The third part of you that come on the Sabbath of the Priests, and the Leuites, shalbe porters of the doores.