The gatekeepers were posted on all four sides – east, west, north, and south.

They went to the entrance of Gedor, to the east of the valley, looking for pasture for their sheep.

he serves to this day at the King’s Gate on the east. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the descendants of Levi.

Each day there were six Levites posted on the east, four on the north, and four on the south. At the storehouses they were posted in pairs.

In the east they settled as far as the entrance to the desert that stretches to the Euphrates River, for their cattle had increased in numbers in the land of Gilead.

During the time of Saul they attacked the Hagrites and defeated them. They took over their territory in the entire eastern region of Gilead.

Within the territory of the tribe of Reuben across the Jordan River east of Jericho: Bezer in the desert and its pasturelands, Jahzah and its pasturelands,

Their property and settlements included Bethel and its surrounding towns, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its surrounding towns to the west, and Shechem and its surrounding towns as far as Ayyah and its surrounding towns.

The lot for the east gate went to Shelemiah. They then cast lots for his son Zechariah, a wise adviser, and the lot for the north gate went to him.

They crossed the Jordan River in the first month, when it was overflowing its banks, and routed those living in all the valleys to the east and west.