1 Chronicles 9:23

as with them, so also with their sons, at the gates of the house of the Lord and the tabernacle, by their turns.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

22All these, chosen as porters for the gates, were two hundred twelve. And they were recorded in their own towns, those whom David, and the seer Samuel, appointed, in their faith,

24At the four directions, there were gatekeepers, that is, at the east, and at the west, and at the north, and at the south.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 26:12These were distributed as porters, so that the leaders of the posts, as well as their brothers, were ministering continually in the house of the Lord.

Nehemiah 12:45For in the days of David and Asaph, from the beginning, there were leaders appointed over the singers, to give praise in verses, and to confess to God.

Ezekiel 44:14And I will make them doorkeepers of the house, for all its ministries and for all that will be done within it.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 9:15-35

Genealogies; the Employment of the Priests. ( b. c. 1400.) 14 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; 15 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; 16 And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. 17 And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and… Read the whole commentary →

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