You must surround the king. Each of you must hold his weapon in his hand. Whoever approaches your ranks must be killed. You must accompany the king wherever he goes.” ¹ 

Yet they will be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the temple, and serving the temple. They will slaughter the burnt offerings and the sacrifices for the people, and they will stand before them to minister to them.

Reach agreement ¹  quickly with your accuser while on the way to court, ²  or he ³  may hand you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the warden, and you will be thrown into prison.

“You must watch out for yourselves. You will be handed over ¹  to councils ²  and beaten in the synagogues. ³  You will stand before governors and kings ⁴  because of me, as a witness to them.

Meanwhile, ¹  when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus ²  began to speak first to his disciples, “Be on your guard against ³  the yeast of the Pharisees, ⁴  which is hypocrisy. ⁵ 

Then ¹  Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, ²  and the elders who had come out to get him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs like you would against an outlaw? ³ 

Watch out for ¹  yourselves and for all the flock of which ²  the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, ³  to shepherd the church of God ⁴  that he obtained ⁵  with the blood of his own Son. ⁶ 

They put him in custody, because there was no clear instruction about what should be done to him.

Watch yourselves carefully! Love the Lord your God! ¹ 

This failure on your part isn’t good! ¹  As surely as the Lord lives, you people who have not protected your lord, the Lord’s chosen one, are as good as dead! ²  Now look where the king’s spear and the jug of water that was by his head are!”

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

These were the divisions of the gatekeepers who were descendants of Korah and Merari.

From the singers: Eliashib. From the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.

Certainly ¹  the Lord guards the way of the godly, ²  but the way of the wicked ends in destruction. ³ 

I was innocent before him, and kept myself from sinning. ¹ 

Then make sure you don’t speak evil words ¹  or use deceptive speech! ² 

He protects ¹  all his bones; ²  not one of them is broken. ³ 

I keep your rules; I love them greatly.

a lizard ¹  you can catch with the hand, but it gets into the palaces of the king. ² 

The sluice gates ¹  are opened; the royal palace is deluged ²  and dissolves. ³