“Their relatives came from their villages at fixed times to serve with them for seven-day periods.”
1 Chronicles 9:25 (BSB)
Context Reading
23So they and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the house of the LORD — the house called the Tent. 24The gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides: east, west, north, and south. 25Their relatives came from their villages at fixed times to serve with them for seven-day periods. 26But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God. 27They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding it and opening it every morning.