¹⁷ Then he brought me into the outer court; there were chambers there and a pavement all around the court; thirty chambers fronted on the pavement.^(A)

³⁸ There was a chamber with its door in the vestibule of the gate^[a] where the burnt offering was to be washed.^(A)

³⁵ You shall remain at the entrance of the tent of meeting day and night for seven days, keeping the Lord’s charge so that you do not die, for so have I been commanded.”

²³ So they and their descendants were in charge of the gates of the house of the Lord, that is, the house of the tent, as guards.

¹¹ They offer to the Lord every morning and every evening burnt offerings and fragrant incense, set out the rows of bread on the table of pure gold, and care for the golden lampstand so that its lamps may burn every evening, for we keep the charge of the Lord our God, but you have abandoned him.^(A)