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1 Chronicles 9:23
So they and their sons had the care of the doors of the house of the Lord, the house of the Tent, as watchers.
1 Chronicles 9:23 · Bible in Basic English
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1 Chronicles 9:23 in other translations
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.
So they and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the house of the LORD—the house called the Tent.
So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the LORD’s house, even the house of the tent, as guards.
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In context
20 In the past Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, had been ruler over them; may the Lord be with him!
21 Zechariah, the son of Meshelemiah, was keeper of the door of the Tent of meeting.
22 There were two hundred and twelve whose business it was to keep the doorway. These were listed by families in the country places where they were living, whom David and Samuel the seer put in their responsible positions.
23 So they and their sons had the care of the doors of the house of the Lord, the house of the Tent, as watchers.
24 There were keepers of the doors on the four sides, to the east, west, north, and south.
25 And their brothers, in the country places where they were living, were to come in every seven days to be with them from time to time.
26 For the four chief door-keepers, who were Levites, had a special position, looking after the rooms and the store-houses of the house of God.
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