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1 Chronicles 9:21
1 Chronicles 9:21 is verse 21 of 1 Chronicles chapter 9, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
King James Version
And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
World English Bible
Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper of the door of the Tent of Meeting.
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1 Chronicles 9:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible
19 Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives from the Korahites were assigned to guard the thresholds of the Tent, just as their fathers had been assigned to guard the entrance to the dwelling of the LORD.
20 In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar had been in charge of the gatekeepers, and the LORD was with him.
21 Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
22 The 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.
23 So they and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the house of the LORD—the house called the Tent.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Chronicles 26:14The lot for the East Gate fell to Shelemiah. Then lots were cast for his son Zechariah, a wise counselor, and the lot for the North Gate fell to him.