²⁵ Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.

⁸ And the lookout^[a](A) shouted,

⁸ The Levites were Jeshua,^(A) Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and also Mattaniah,^(B) who, together with his associates, was in charge of the songs of thanksgiving. ⁹ Bakbukiah and Unni, their associates, stood opposite them in the services.

¹⁹ The gatekeepers:

¹⁵ The lot for the South Gate fell to Obed-Edom,^(A) and the lot for the storehouse fell to his sons.

¹² These divisions of the gatekeepers, through their leaders, had duties for ministering^(A) in the temple of the Lord, just as their relatives had.

³² And so the Levites^(A) carried out their responsibilities for the tent of meeting,^(B) for the Holy Place and, under their relatives the descendants of Aaron, for the service of the temple of the Lord.^(C)