So they and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the house of the LORD—the house called the Tent.
Parallel translations
- WEB So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of Yahweh’s house, even the house of the tent, by wards.
- KJV 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.
- NKJV So they and their children were in charge of the gates of the house of the Lord, the house of the tabernacle, by assignment.
- NASB So they and their sons were in charge of the gates of the house of the Lord, the house of the tent, in their divisions of service.
- NLT These gatekeepers and their descendants, by their divisions, were responsible for guarding the entrance to the house of the Lord when that house was a tent.
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Quick answer
States that these gatekeepers and their sons oversaw the gates of the Lord's house by divisions. It shows the office passed down and organized by rotation.
Overview
The porters and their descendants held charge over the gates of Yahweh's house, organized into wards or shifts. This hereditary, orderly arrangement ensured the temple was continually guarded. The Chronicler portrays a worship system marked by structure and faithfulness, reflecting the order befitting service to a holy God.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Ezek 44:14Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of all the work for the temple and everything to be done in it.
- 1 Chr 23:32So the Levites were to carry out the responsibilities for the Tent of Meeting and the Holy Place, and, under their brothers the descendants of Aaron, the service of the house of the LORD.
- Neh 12:45They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, as David and his son Solomon had prescribed.
- Ezek 44:10–11Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who wandered away from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their iniquity.
- 2 Chr 23:19He stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, so that nothing unclean could enter for any reason.
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