1 Chronicles 23:28 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁸ “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;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ 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;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ But their duty should be to wait on [the priests] the sons of Aaron in the service of the house of the Lord, caring for the courts, the chambers, the cleansing of all holy things, and any work of the service of God's house,

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of Jehovah, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God;

Common English Bible

²⁸ Their assignment was to be at the side of the Aaronites to serve in the LORD’s temple, maintaining the courtyards and side rooms and cleansing all of the holy objects and doing whatever was needed in the service of God’s temple.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ And they shall be under the hand of the sons of Aaron, in the care of the house of the Lord, in the vestibule, and in the chambers, and in the place of purification, and in the sanctuary, and in all the works of the ministry of the temple of the Lord.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁸ And they are to be under the hand of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the porches, and in the chambers, and in the place of purification, and in the sanctuary, and in all the works of the ministry of the temple of the Lord.

1 Chronicles 23:28 Cross References

1 Kings 6:5

He also built a structure against the wall of the house, running around the walls of the house, both the nave and the inner sanctuary, and he made side chambers all around.

1 Chronicles 18:17

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were the chief officials in the service of the king.

1 Chronicles 23:27

for according to the last words of David these were the number of the Levites from twenty years old and up—

1 Chronicles 23:29

to assist also with the rows of bread, the choice flour for the grain offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the baked offering, the offering mixed with oil, and all measures of quantity or size.

1 Chronicles 23:4

“Twenty-four thousand of these,” David said, “shall have charge of the work in the house of the Lord, six thousand shall be officers and judges,

1 Chronicles 28:13

for the divisions of the priests and of the Levites, and all the work of the service in the house of the Lord; for all the vessels for the service in the house of the Lord,

2 Chronicles 23:4

This is what you are to do: one-third of you, priests and Levites, who come on duty on the Sabbath shall be gatekeepers,

2 Chronicles 23:6

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.

2 Chronicles 29:15

They gathered their brothers, sanctified themselves, and went in as the king had commanded, by the words of the Lord, to cleanse the house of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 29:5

He said to them, “Listen to me, Levites! Sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of the Lord, the God of your ancestors, and carry out the filth from the holy place.

2 Chronicles 31:11

Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare store chambers in the house of the Lord, and they prepared them.

2 Chronicles 31:2

Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and of the Levites, division by division, everyone according to his service, the priests and the Levites, for burnt offerings and offerings of well-being, to minister in the gates of the camp of the Lord and to give thanks and praise.

Ezra 8:29

Guard them and keep them until you weigh them before the chief priests and the Levites and the heads of families in Israel at Jerusalem, within the chambers of the house of the Lord.”

Nehemiah 11:24

And Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, of the descendants of Zerah son of Judah, was at the king’s hand in all matters concerning the people.

Nehemiah 13:9

Then I gave orders, and they cleansed the chambers, and I brought back the vessels of the house of God, with the grain offering and the frankincense.

Jeremiah 35:4

I brought them to the house of the Lord into the chamber of the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was near the chamber of the officials, above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum, keeper of the threshold.

Ezekiel 40:17

Then he brought me into the outer court; there were chambers there and a pavement all around the court; thirty chambers fronted on the pavement.

Ezekiel 41:26

And there were recessed windows and palm trees on either side, on the sidewalls of the vestibule.

Ezekiel 42:13

Then he said to me, “The north chambers and the south chambers opposite the vacant area are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the Lord shall eat the most holy offerings; there they shall deposit the most holy offerings—the grain offering, the purification offering, and the guilt offering—for the place is holy.

Ezekiel 42:3

Facing the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court and facing the pavement that belonged to the outer court, the chambers rose gallery by gallery in three stories.

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.