for the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the rooms and over the treasuries in God’s house.
Parallel translations
- KJV For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
- BSB But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.
- NKJV For in this trusted office were four chief gatekeepers; they were Levites. And they had charge over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
- NASB for the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, served in an official capacity, and were in charge of the chambers and in charge of the treasuries in the house of God.
- NLT The four chief gatekeepers, all Levites, were trusted officials, for they were responsible for the rooms and treasuries at the house of God.
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Quick answer
Notes that four chief Levite gatekeepers were trusted with the temple's chambers and treasuries. It shows the office carried serious responsibility.
Overview
The four head porters, being Levites, held a position of trust over the rooms and storehouses of God's house. Their duty extended beyond guarding doors to safeguarding the temple's resources. The Chronicler emphasizes the integrity and trustworthiness required for such stewardship, a quality God still seeks in those who serve Him.
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Cross-references · 4
- Neh 13:5had prepared for him a great room, where before they laid the meal offerings, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, the singers, and the porters; and the wave offerings for the priests.
- 2 Chr 31:5–12As soon as the commandment went out, the children of Israel gave in abundance the first fruits of grain, new wine, oil, honey, and of all the increase of the field; and they brought in the tithe of all things abundantly.
- 1 Chr 26:20–27Of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of God’s house and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
- Neh 10:38–39The priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes. The Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes to the house of our God, to the rooms, into the treasure house.
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