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Divrey Hayamim Alef 9:22-24
Orthodox Jewish Bible
Divrey Hayamim Alef 9:22-24
Orthodox Jewish Bible
22 All these which were haberurim (the ones being chosen) to be sho’arim (gatekeepers) in the sapim (thresholds) were 212. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom Dovid and Shmuel the Ro’eh (seer) did assign in their emunah (set office, entrusted responsibility).
23 So they and their banim had the oversight of the she’arim (gates) of the Beis Hashem, namely, the Beis HaOhel, by mishmarot (shifts, watches).
24 In four quarters were the sho’arim, toward the east, west, north, and south.
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