And that they should have the oversight of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the oversight of the holy place, and the oversight of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.
Among these were the divisions of the gatekeepers, even among the chief men, having companies one beside another, to minister in the house of the LORD.
All these which were chosen to be gatekeepers in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.
And both the singers and the gatekeepers obeyed the instruction of their God, and the instruction of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.