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1 Chronicles 9:26
1 Chronicles 9:26 is verse 26 of 1 Chronicles chapter 9, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.
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.
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1 Chronicles 9:24–28 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
26 But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.
27 They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding it and opening it every morning.
28 Some of them were in charge of the articles used in worship, to count them whenever they were brought in or taken out.
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1 Chronicles 26:20Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated things.
1 Chronicles 26:21From the descendants of Ladan, who were Gershonites through Ladan and heads of the families of Ladan the Gershonite, were Jehieli,
1 Chronicles 26:22the sons of Jehieli, Zetham, and his brother Joel. They were in charge of the treasuries of the house of the LORD.
1 Chronicles 26:23From the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites:
1 Chronicles 26:24Shebuel, a descendant of Gershom son of Moses, was the officer in charge of the treasuries.
1 Chronicles 26:25His relatives through Eliezer included Rehabiah his son, Jeshaiah his son, Joram his son, Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.
1 Chronicles 26:26This Shelomith and his brothers were in charge of all the treasuries for the things dedicated by King David, by the heads of families who were the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and by the army commanders.
1 Chronicles 26:27They had dedicated some of the plunder from their battles to the repair of the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 31:5As 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.
2 Chronicles 31:6And the Israelites and Judahites who lived in the cities of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things consecrated to the LORD their God, and they laid them in large heaps.
2 Chronicles 31:7In the third month they began building up the heaps, and they finished in the seventh month.
2 Chronicles 31:8When Hezekiah and his officials came and viewed the heaps, they blessed the LORD and His people Israel.
2 Chronicles 31:9Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and Levites about the heaps,
2 Chronicles 31:10and Azariah, the chief priest of the household of Zadok, answered him, “Since the people began to bring their contributions into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat and there is plenty left over, because the LORD has blessed His people; this great abundance is what is left over.”
2 Chronicles 31:11Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare storerooms in the house of the LORD, and they did so.
2 Chronicles 31:12And they faithfully brought in the contributions, tithes, and dedicated gifts. Conaniah the Levite was the officer in charge of them, and his brother Shimei was second.
Nehemiah 10:38A 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 10:39For 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 singers stay. Thus we will not neglect the house of our God.”
Nehemiah 13:5and 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 gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.