5 He ordered them: “This is what you are to do: One third of you will be on duty on the Sabbath and will keep strict watch over the king’s house,*+ 6 another third will be at the Gate of the Foundation, and another third will be at the gate behind the palace guards. You will take turns watching over the house. 7 Your two divisions that are supposed to be off duty on the Sabbath must keep strict watch over the house of Jehovah to protect the king. 8 You must surround the king on every side, each with his weapons in hand. Anyone entering within the ranks will be put to death. Stay with the king wherever he goes.”*

22 All those selected as gatekeepers at the thresholds numbered 212. They were in their settlements by their genealogical enrollment.+ David and Samuel the seer+ appointed these to their office of trust. 23 They and their sons were over the guard service for the gates of the house of Jehovah,+ the house of the tent. 24 The gatekeepers were on the four sides—east, west, north, and south.+ 25 From time to time, their brothers were to come in from their settlements for seven days to serve along with them.

26 The divisions of gatekeepers+ were as follows: of the Korʹah·ites, Me·shel·e·miʹah+ the son of Koʹre of the sons of Aʹsaph.