1 Chronicles 9:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

So they and their descendants were in charge of the gates of the house of the Lord, that is, the house of the tent, as guards.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So they and their sons had oversight of the gates of the Lord's house, that is, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.

American Standard Version (1901)

So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of Jehovah, even the house of the tent, by wards.

Common English Bible

So they and their descendants were the gatekeepers guarding the LORD’s house, that is, the tent.

Catholic Public Domain Version

as with them, so also with their sons, at the gates of the house of the Lord and the tabernacle, by their turns.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

As well them as their sons, to keep the gates of the house of the Lord, and the tabernacle by their turns.

1 Chronicles 9:23 Cross References

1 Chronicles 23:32

Thus they shall keep charge of the tent of meeting and the sanctuary and shall attend the descendants of Aaron, their kindred, for the service of the house of the Lord.”

1 Chronicles 26:12

These divisions of the gatekeepers, corresponding to their leaders, had duties, just as their kindred did, ministering in the house of the Lord,

1 Chronicles 9:22

All these who were chosen as gatekeepers at the thresholds were two hundred twelve. They were enrolled by genealogies in their villages. David and the seer Samuel established them in their office of trust.

1 Chronicles 9:24

The gatekeepers were on the four sides: east, west, north, and south;

2 Chronicles 23:19

He stationed the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the Lord so that no one should enter who was in any way unclean.

Nehemiah 12:45

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.

Ezekiel 40:45

He said to me, “This chamber that faces south is for the priests who have charge of the temple,

Ezekiel 44:14

Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of the temple, to do all its chores, all that is to be done in it.