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1 Chronicles 9:23

21 And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

22 All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.

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.

24 In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.

25 And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them.

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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

    But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.

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  • 2 Chronicles 23:19

    And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in.

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  • 1 Chronicles 23:32

    And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.

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  • Nehemiah 12:45

    And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

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  • Ezekiel 44:10–11

    And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.

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