The Gatekeepers: 26:1–19 The gatekeepers, who are also part of “the rest of the Levites,” are now presented. The same bipartite presentation as in the previous subsection is used: first, the genealogical list of the “gatekeepers” (26:1–11), and second, the different positions that were assigned to them (26:12–19). The position of Obed-Edom is uncertain, since it seems that 26:4–8 and probably also 26:12–18 were later insertions. Obed-Edom had been mentioned in earlier lists as a Levitical singer (15:21; 16:5) and as a gatekeeper (15:18, 24; 16:38). The insertions probabl…
Baker Publishing Group, Understanding the Bible Commentary Series, by Louis C. Jonker