Eastward were six Levites For that, being the chief gate of the temple, required a better guard. Toward Asuppim That is, the house of Asuppim, as it is called 1 Chronicles 26:15, where also it is said to be on the south side; on which there seems to have been a double guard, both belonging to Obed-edom, (1 Chronicles 26:15,) one at the south gate, and the other at Asuppim, where possibly the sacred treasures, mentioned 1 Chronicles 26:20, &c., were laid up, and therefore a particular guard was necessary. See on 1 Chronicles 26:15.
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1 Chronicles 26:17
17 Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.