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gatekeepers were posted

This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: "men guarded the entrances" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)

on all four sides, toward the east, west, north, and south

The words "east, west, north, and south" explain the words "all four sides."