Today is the 18th day of July.

Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible.

I am Brian.

It's wonderful to be here with you today.

Like it is every day. I'm glad we can be here. I'm glad, like I say

often, because it's the truth. I'm glad we have this place to be. Glad we can come

together and take another step forward in our journey through this year, through

our lives, and into the future together.

We have worked our way all the way to here. We're in July so

we've been at this every day of the year so far and that has brought us all the way

to First Chronicles in the Old Testament. Pretty deep into First Chronicles actually and we're also in Paul's letter to

the Romans in the New Testament and that is epic to say the least as far as foundational understanding of the Christian faith

So let's dive in today first chronicles chapter 26 verse 12 through 27 verse 34.

These divisions of the gatekeepers were named for their family leaders and like the other

Leifites, they served at the House of the Lord. They were assigned by families for guard duty at the various gates.

Without regard to age or training for it was all decided by means of sacred lots. The responsibility for the East Gate went to Michelle Maya and his group.

The North Gate was assigned to his son Sakharaya,

a man of unusual wisdom. The South Gate went to Obed Edum and his sons were put in charge of the storehouse.

Schupim and Hosat were assigned the West Gate and the gateway leading up to the temple.

Guard duties were divided evenly.

Six Levites were assigned each day to the East Gate, four to the north gate, four to the south gate,

and two pairs at the storehouse.

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