^{21 Ref} Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tent of meeting.

^{22 Ref} All these that were chosen to be porters in the thresholds were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their office of trust.

^{23 Ref} So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of Jehovah, even the house of the tent, by wards.