Kept the gates of private houses and of cities, 2Sa 18:262Ki 7:10Mr 13:34Joh 10:3. The porters of the temple were Levites, at one period four thousand in number, divided into courses, 1Ch 16:42 23:5. They stood on guard at every gate, and were on duty within the temple in their regular courses, 1Ch 16:42 23:5.
They stood on guard at every gate, and were on duty within the temple in their regular courses, 1Ch 26:1,13,192Ch 8:14 35:15. By night also they cheered the lonely hours with songs of praise, Ps 134:1-3. We read, in 2Co 13:14, of the faithful service they rendered in protecting Joash and slaying Athaliah.