Portiers (PORTERS)
Gardiens des portes de la ville, des portes du palais royal et des portes du temple (Guards at the city gates, the doors of the king’ s palace, and doors of the temple)
Passaient la nuit autour du temple pour être présents à l'ouverture des portes (Lodged round about the temple in order to be present for opening the doors)
Un tiers gardait les portes du temple (One-third were porters of the temple)
Un tiers gardait le palais royal (One-third were porters of the king’ s house)
Un tiers gardait la porte du fondement (One-third were porters of the gate of the foundation)
Gardaient aussi les portes des murailles (They also served as porters of the gates of the walls)
Servaient en vingt-quatre classes (They served in twenty-four courses)
Leurs postes étaient tirés au sort (Their posts were determined by lot)