So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city and told them, “We went to the Aramean camp, but there was no one to be seen or heard there, nothing but the horses tied, the donkeys tied, and the tents as they were.”
Nehemiah 12:45 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 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. More versionsKing 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 to the gatekeepers of the city and told them, “We went to the Aramean camp, but there was no one to be seen or heard there, nothing but the horses tied, the donkeys tied, and the tents as they were.”
“but their duty shall be to assist the descendants of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, having the care of the courts and the chambers, the cleansing of all that is holy, and any work for the service of the house of God;
This Shelomoth and his brothers were in charge of all the treasuries of the dedicated gifts that King David, and the heads of families, and the officers of the thousands and the hundreds, and the commanders of the army had dedicated.
Do not let anyone enter the house of the Lord except the priests and ministering Levites; they may enter, for they are holy, but all the other people shall observe the instructions of the Lord.