1st Chronicles Chapter 26 verse 17 Holy Bible
Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the store-house two and two.
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On the east were six Levites a day, and on the north and the south four a day, and for the store-house two and two.
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Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and in the storehouse two [and] two.
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Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.
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Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and towards Asuppim, two and two.
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Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the store-house two and two.
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to the east the Levites `are' six; to the north daily four, to the south daily four, and to the gatherings two by two,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 17, 18. - These verses give the number of individuals who composed the watch at a time, beginning again from Shelemiah's eastward position. The two and two toward Asuppim suggest most naturally the suppositon of two attendants at each of two gates, or else of two succeeding two. Parbar (פַרְבָּר). This word appears as פָּרְוָר in 2 Kings 23:11. These words, with forms akin to them, are often found in the Targums, but not elsewhere in the Scriptures. The nearest approach to the meaning of the word, as yet discovered, is a "suburb." The connection may just do as much as indicate that, whereas four porters kept the causeway gate, the Parbar gate was in closer proximity to the temple that was to be, but what this Parbar really was is not yet ascertained. Possibly it is the προάστειον of Josephus ('Ant.,' 15. 11:5). If we add the numbers of Levites given in these two verses, it will be noticed that they mount up to twenty-four.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(17) Eastward were six Levites.--Literally, To the east the Levites were six; to the northward for the day four; to the southward for the day four; and to the Stores two two (i.e., two apiece, or two by two). We must supply for the day in the first clause, with the LXX.Toward Asuppim two and two.--The magazine appears to have had two doors, with two warders stationed at each.