²³ And Berechiah and Elkanah `are' gatekeepers for the ark.

⁴ `Go up unto Hilkiah the high priest, and he doth complete the silver that is brought into the house of Jehovah, that the keepers of the threshold have gathered from the people,

¹⁸ And the chief of the executioners taketh Seraiah the head priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold,

²¹ Zechariah son of Meshelemiah `is' gatekeeper at the opening of the tent of meeting.

²² All of those who are chosen for gatekeepers at the thresholds `are' two hundred and twelve; they `are' in their villages, by their genealogy; they whom David and Samuel the seer appointed in their office.

²³ And they and their sons `are' over the gates of the house of Jehovah, even of the house of the tent, by watches.

¹⁰ For good `is' a day in Thy courts, O Teacher! I have chosen rather to be at the threshold, In the house of my God, Than to dwell in tents of wickedness.