1 Chronicles 26:17

Modern

Each day there were six Levites on the east, four on the north, four on the south, and two pairs at the storehouse.

Traditional

Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.

Literal

To the east the Levites were six, to the north day by day four, to the south day by day four, and at the storehouse two by two.

Latin

Ad orientem vero Levitæ sex: et ad aquilonem, quatuor per diem: atque ad meridiem similiter in die quatuor: et ubi erat concilium bini et bini.

Hebrew

English

Each day there were six Levites on the east, four on the north, four on the south, and two pairs at the storehouse.

Theme notes and profiles

2 Chronicles 8:14
In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.
1 Chronicles 9:24
The gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.

Levi: Son of Jacob; progenitor of the Levites