Porters

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American Tract Society Bible Dictionary [1]

Kept the gates of private houses and of cities,  2 Samuel 18:26   2 Kings 7:10   Mark 13:34   John 10:3 . The porters of the temple were Levites, at one period four thousand in number, divided into courses,  1 Chronicles 16:42   23:5 . They stood on guard at every gate, and were on duty within the temple in their regular courses,  1 Chronicles 16:42   23:5 .

They stood on guard at every gate, and were on duty within the temple in their regular courses,  1 Chronicles 26:1,13,19   2 Chronicles 8:14   35:15 . By night also they cheered the lonely hours with songs of praise,  Psalm 134:1-3 . We read, in  2 Corinthians 13:14 , of the faithful service they rendered in protecting Joash and slaying Athaliah.

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary [2]

See Levi, and Levites.

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