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1 Chronicles 9:23
1 Chronicles 9:23 is verse 23 of 1 Chronicles chapter 9, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
So they and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the house of the LORD—the house called the Tent.
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 Yahweh’s house, even the house of the tent, as guards.
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1 Chronicles 9:21–25 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
24 The gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.
25 Their relatives came from their villages at fixed times to serve with them for seven-day periods.
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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 23:32So 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 23:19He stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, so that nothing unclean could enter for any reason.
Nehemiah 12:45They 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 44:10Surely 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 44:11Yet 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 to them.
Ezekiel 44:14Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of all the work for the temple and everything to be done in it.