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1 Chronicles 9:26

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.

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

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

28 Some 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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BSB
But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.
KJV
For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
WEB
for the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the rooms and over the treasuries in God’s house.
ASV
for the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.
DARBY
For in their trust these four were the chief doorkeepers: they were Levites; and they were over the chambers and over the treasuries of the house of God;
BLB
For in office were four chief gatekeepers; they [were] Levites, and they were over the chambers and over the treasuries of the house of God.
ÅB
For de fire forstandere for portnerne var betrodde menn; de var levitter; de hadde også oppsyn over kammerne og over skattkammerne i Guds hus.
OTB
for de fire overordnede portvaktene, som var levitter, ble betrodd rommene og skattkamrene i Guds hus.
B1930
For de fire forstandere for portnerne var betrodde menn; de var levitter; de hadde også opsyn over kammerne og over skattkammerne i Guds hus.

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  • 2 Chronicles 31:5–12

    As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously provided the firstfruits of the grain, new wine, oil, and honey, and of all the produce of the field, and they brought in an abundance—a tithe of everything.

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  • 1 Chronicles 26:20–27

    Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated things.

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  • Nehemiah 10:38–39

    A priest of Aaron’s line is to accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of these tithes to the storerooms of the treasury in the house of our God.

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  • Nehemiah 13:5

    and had prepared for Tobiah a large room where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the temple articles, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.

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