²³ So they and their sons were assigned as guards to the gates of the Lord’s temple, which had been the tent-temple. ²⁴ The gatekeepers were on the four sides: east, west, north, and south. ²⁵ Their relatives came from their settlements^(A) at fixed times to be with them seven days,^{(B) 26} but the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of God’s temple.^{(C) 27} They spent the night in the vicinity of God’s temple, because they had guard duty and were in charge of opening it every morning.^(D)

Psalm 135

The Lord Is Great