So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.
1 Chronicles 26:12 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the Lord. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Of these were the divisions of the gatekeepers, even of the chief men, having duties, as did their brethren, to minister in the house of the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) Of these were the courses of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having offices like their brethren, to minister in the house of Jehovah. Common English Bible These were the divisions of the gatekeepers with their leaders, who were responsible to minister in the LORD’s temple, along with their relatives. Catholic Public Domain Version These were distributed as porters, so that the leaders of the posts, as well as their brothers, were ministering continually in the house of the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Among these were the divisions of the porters, so that the chiefs of the wards, as well as their brethren, always ministered in the house of the Lord. |
So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.
And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
Hilki´ah the second, Tebali´ah the third, Zechari´ah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.
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.
And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the Lord, and the most holy things.
And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jedu´thun the king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.