1 Chronicles 9:27

They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding it and opening it every morning.

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In The King James Version

And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.

In Context

26But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.

28Some of them were in charge of the articles used in worship, to count them whenever they were brought in or taken out.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 23:30They were also to stand every morning to give thanks and praise to the LORD, and likewise in the evening.

Jeremiah 35:4and I brought them into the house of the LORD, to a chamber occupied by the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, a man of God. This room was near the chamber of the officials, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum the doorkeeper.

Romans 12:7if it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach;

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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