²⁵ From time to time, their relatives in their villages had to come to help them. They had to share their duties for a week at a time. ²⁶ But the four main men who guarded the gates were Levites. They were trusted with the duty of taking care of the storerooms and the other rooms in the house of God. ²⁷ They spent the night in their positions around the house of God. That’s because they had to guard it. They were in charge of the key that opened it each morning.