1 Chronicles 9:27 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁷ And they lodged round about the house of God; for upon them lay the duty of watching, and they had charge of opening it every morning.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ They lodged round about God's house, for the duty [of watching] was theirs, as well as the opening of the house every morning.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge thereof was upon them; and to them pertained the opening thereof morning by morning.

Common English Bible

²⁷ They would spend the night patrolling God’s house since they had guard duty and were responsible for unlocking it every morning.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ And they remained in their watches, on all sides of the temple of the Lord, so that, when the time had arrived, they might open the gates in the morning.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ And they abode in their watches round about the temple of the Lord: that when it was time, they might open the gates in the morning.

1 Chronicles 9:27 Cross References

1 Chronicles 9:26

for the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were in charge of the chambers and the treasures of the house of God.

1 Chronicles 9:28

Some of them had charge of the utensils of service, for they were required to count them when they were brought in and taken out.

Psalm 134:1

Come, bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, who stand by night in the house of the Lord!

Jeremiah 35:4

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

Malachi 1:10

Oh, that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire upon my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of hosts, and I will not accept an offering from your hand.

Romans 12:7

if service, in our serving; he who teaches, in his teaching;

1 Samuel 3:15

Samuel lay until morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli.