1 Chronicles 9:27 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁷ They spent the night in the vicinity of God’s temple, because they had guard duty and were in charge of opening it every morning.

Dugang nga mga bersyon

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ They lodged round about God's house, for the duty [of watching] was theirs, as well as the opening of the house every morning.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge thereof was upon them; and to them pertained the opening thereof morning by morning.

Common English Bible

²⁷ They would spend the night patrolling God’s house since they had guard duty and were responsible for unlocking it every morning.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ And they remained in their watches, on all sides of the temple of the Lord, so that, when the time had arrived, they might open the gates in the morning.

1 Chronicles 9:27 Cross References

1 Chronicles 9:26

but the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of God’s temple.

1 Chronicles 9:28

Some of them were in charge of the utensils used in worship. They would count them when they brought them in and when they took them out.

Jeremiah 35:4

and I brought them into the temple of the Lord to a chamber occupied by the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, a man of God,  who had a chamber near the officials’ chamber, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum the doorkeeper.

Malachi 1:10

‘I wish one of you would shut the temple doors,  so that you would no longer kindle a useless fire on my altar!  I am not pleased with you,’ says the Lord of Armies, ‘and I will accept  no offering from your hands.

Romans 12:7

if service,  use it in service; if teaching,  in teaching;

1 Samuel 3:15

Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the Lord’s house. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,