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1 Chronicles 9:27
1 Chronicles 9:27 is verse 27 of 1 Chronicles chapter 9, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding it and opening it every morning.
King James Version
And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.
World English Bible
They stayed around God’s house, because that was their duty; and it was their duty to open it morning by morning.
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1 Chronicles 9:25–29 · Berean Standard Bible
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.
29 Others were put in charge of the furnishings and other articles of the sanctuary, as well as the fine flour, wine, oil, frankincense, and spices.
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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.
Romans 12:7if it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach;
1 Samuel 3:15Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,
Malachi 1:10“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.