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.
Nehemiah 12:45 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they performed the due service of their God and of the purification; so did the singers and gatekeepers, as David and his son Solomon had commanded. American Standard Version (1901) And they kept the charge of their God, and the charge of the purification, and so did the singers and the porters, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son. Common English Bible They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, as did the singers and the gatekeepers, according to the command of David and his son Solomon. Catholic Public Domain Version For in the days of David and Asaph, from the beginning, there were leaders appointed over the singers, to give praise in verses, and to confess to God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For in the days of David and Asaph from the beginning there were chief singers appointed, to praise with canticles and give thanks to God. |
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.
because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God:
which Shelo´mith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.
But let none come into the house of the Lord, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the Lord.