1 Chronicles 9:23

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 children {H1121} had the oversight of the gates {H8179} of the house {H1004} of the LORD {H3068}, namely, the house {H1004} of the tabernacle {H168}, by wards {H4931}.

They and their descendants supervised the gates of the house of ADONAI, that is, the house of the tent, by periods of duty.

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 house of Jehovah, even the house of the tent, by wards.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Ezekiel 44:14 (3 votes)

    But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.

  • Ezekiel 44:10 (2 votes)

    ¶ And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.

  • Ezekiel 44:11 (2 votes)

    Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, [having] charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:32 (2 votes)

    And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy [place], and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.

  • 2 Chronicles 23:19 (2 votes)

    And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none [which was] unclean in any thing should enter in.

  • Nehemiah 12:45 (2 votes)

    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.