1 Chronicles 9:23 “So they and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the…”

1 Chronicles 9:23

So they and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the house of the LORD—the house called the Tent.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.

World English Bible

So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the LORD’s house, even the house of the tent, as guards.

American Standard Version

So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of Jehovah, even the house of the tent, by wards.

Geneva Bible 1599

So they and their children had the ouersight of the gates of the house of the Lord, euen of the house of the Tabernacle by wardes.

Darby Translation

And they and their sons were at the gates of the house of Jehovah, the house of the tent, to keep watch there.

Young's Literal Translation

And they and their sons [are] over the gates of the house of Jehovah, even of the house of the tent, by watches.

Bible in Basic English

So they and their sons had the care of the doors of the house of the Lord, the house of the Tent, as watchers.

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Cross references

“the oversight”

Ezekiel 44:14 1 Chronicles 23:32 2 Chronicles 23:19 Nehemiah 12:45 Ezekiel 44:10 Ezekiel 44:11

Ezekiel 44:14 · BSB

Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of all the work for the temple and everything to be done in it.

1 Chronicles 23:32 · BSB

So the Levites were to carry out the responsibilities for the Tent of Meeting and the Holy Place, and, under their brothers the descendants of Aaron, the service of the house of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 23:19 · BSB

He stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, so that no one who was in any way unclean could enter.

Nehemiah 12:45 · BSB

They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, as David and his son Solomon had prescribed.

Ezekiel 44:10 · BSB

Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who wandered away from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their iniquity.

Ezekiel 44:11 · BSB

Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, having charge of the gates of the temple and ministering there. They shall slaughter the burnt offerings and other sacrifices for the people and stand before them to minister…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

22The number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their positions of trust.

24The gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.

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