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1 Chronicles 9:23

21 Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

22 The number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their positions of trust.

So they and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the house of the LORD—the house called the Tent.

24 The gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.

25 Their relatives came from their villages at fixed times to serve with them for seven-day periods.

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BSB
So they and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the house of the LORD—the house called the Tent.
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.
WEB
So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the LORD’s house, even the house of the tent, as guards.
ASV
So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of Jehovah, even the house of the tent, by wards.
DARBY
And they and their sons were at the gates of the house of Jehovah, the house of the tent, to keep watch there.
BLB
And they and their children [were] over the gates of the house of YHWH, even of the house of the tabernacle, by watches.
ÅB
De og deres sønner sto ved portene til Herrens hus, telthuset, og holdt vakt.
OTB
Så de og deres sønner hadde tilsyn med portene til Herrens hus,
nemlig telthuset, som vakter.
B1930
De og deres sønner stod ved portene til Herrens hus, telthuset, og holdt vakt.

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  • Ezekiel 44:14

    Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of all the work for the temple and everything to be done in it.

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  • 2 Chronicles 23:19

    He stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, so that nothing unclean could enter for any reason.

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  • 1 Chronicles 23:32

    So 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.

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  • Nehemiah 12:45

    They 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.

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  • Ezekiel 44:10–11

    Surely 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.

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