Chapter 26

Gatekeepers are assigned specific gates and places that they will watch, according to their families, then according to lot.  There was nothing left to chance, nothing left to "we'll just get whoever is available".  These things were very specific. 

2023 - And here it is yet again!!!  These verses:  17 On the east there were six each day, on the north four each day, on the south four each day, as well as two and two at the gatehouse. 18 And for the colonnade on the west there were four at the road and two at the colonnade. [1Ch 26:17-18 ESV].  If you add these up, there are a total of 24 shifts each day.  24, once again.

Same with the keepers of the treasury, which included all the spoil from battles that was dedicated by the commanders, and captains, and the King and so on.  Looking after these items was also a duty assigned to specific men in specific families.