Thus they were to keep charge of the tent of meeting and the sanctuary, and to attend the sons of Aaron, their brothers, for the service of the house of the Lord.
1 Chronicles 9:23 - English Standard Version 2016 So they and their sons were in charge of the gates of the house of the Lord, that is, the house of the tent, as guards. 更多版本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. |
Thus they were to keep charge of the tent of meeting and the sanctuary, and to attend the sons of Aaron, their brothers, for the service of the house of the Lord.
These divisions of the gatekeepers, corresponding to their chief men, had duties, just as their brothers did, ministering in the house of the Lord.
All these, who were chosen as gatekeepers at the thresholds, were 212. They were enrolled by genealogies in their villages. David and Samuel the seer established them in their office of trust.
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.
And 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.
And he said to me, “This chamber that faces south is for the priests who have charge of the temple,
Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of the temple, to do all its service and all that is to be done in it.