Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.
Eastward were six Levites - because the gate there was the most frequented. Four at the north gate; four at the south, at the storehouse which was adjoining the south, and which had two entrance gates, one leading in a westerly direction to the city, and the other direct west, two porters each; at the Parbar, toward the west, there were six men posted, four at the causeway or ascent (1 Chronicles 26:16), and two at Parbar, amounting twenty-four in all, who were kept daily on guard.