1 Chronicles 26:12
These divisions of the gatekeepers, through their chief men, had duties for ministering in the house of the Lord, just as their brothers did.
Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the Lord.
Of these were the divisions of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having offices like their brothers, to minister in the Lord’s house.
Of these were the courses of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having offices like their brethren, to minister in the house of Jehovah.
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- That is, classes against each other. Ward formerly signified a class or division: we still apply the term to the different apartments in hospitals, and to the more extensive districts into which the city of London is divided.
- 1 Chronicles 25:8