Who until now waited - This should be translated: “Who to this day waits. These were the porters in the stations of the sons of Levi.” The f…

They were porters in the companies of the children of Levi. —Rather, They are warders for the camps of the sons of Levi. …

Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward
At the gate through which the king went into the temple, and was at t…

This chapter expresses that one end of recording all these genealogies was to direct the Jews, when they returned from captivity, with whom to unit…