1 Chronicles 9:23

As well them as their sons, to keep the gates of the house of the Lord, and the tabernacle by their turns.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 that were chosen to be porters at the gates, were two hundred and twelve: and they mere registered in their proper towns: whom David and Samuel the seer appointed in their trust.

24In four quarters were the porters: that is to say, toward the east, and west, and north, and south.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 26:12Among these were the divisions of the porters, so that the chiefs of the wards, as well as their brethren, always ministered in the house of the Lord.

Nehemiah 12:45For in the days of David and Asaph from the beginning there were chief singers appointed, to praise with canticles, and give thanks to God.

Ezekiel 44:14And I will make them doorkeepers of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.

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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