1 Chronicles 9:26 “But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with…”

1 Chronicles 9:26

But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.

World English Bible

for the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the rooms and over the treasuries in God’s house.

American Standard Version

for the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.

Geneva Bible 1599

For these foure chiefe porters were in perpetuall office, and were of the Leuites and had charge of the chambers, and of the treasures in the house of God.

Darby Translation

For in their trust these four were the chief doorkeepers: they were Levites; and they were over the chambers and over the treasuries of the house of God;

Young's Literal Translation

For in office [are] the four chiefs of the gatekeepers, they are Levites, and they have been over the chambers, and over the treasuries of the house of God,

Bible in Basic English

For the four chief door-keepers, who were Levites, had a special position, looking after the rooms and the store-houses of the house of God.

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Cross references

“treasuries”

1 Chronicles 26:20–27 2 Chronicles 31:5–12 Nehemiah 13:5 Nehemiah 10:38 Nehemiah 10:39

1 Chronicles 26:20–27 · BSB

Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated things.

2 Chronicles 31:5–12 · BSB

As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously provided the firstfruits of the grain, new wine, oil, and honey, and of all the produce of the field, and they brought in an abundance—a tithe of everything.

Nehemiah 13:5 · BSB

and had prepared for Tobiah a large room where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the temple articles, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers, and ga…

Nehemiah 10:38 · BSB

A priest of Aaron’s line is to accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of these tithes to the storerooms of the treasury in the house of our God.

Nehemiah 10:39 · BSB

For the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the sin…

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

In context

25Their relatives came from their villages at fixed times to serve with them for seven-day periods.

27They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding it and opening it every morning.

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