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1 Chronicles 9:27

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

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

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.

29 Others were put in charge of the furnishings and other articles of the sanctuary, as well as the fine flour, wine, oil, frankincense, and spices.

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BSB
They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding it and opening it every morning.
KJV
And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.
WEB
They stayed around God’s house, because that was their duty; and it was their duty to open it morning by morning.
ASV
And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge [thereof] was upon them; and to them pertained the opening thereof morning by morning.
DARBY
for they stayed round about the house of God during the night, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning [pertained] to them.
BLB
And around the house of God they lodged, because on them [was] the watch. And they [were] over the opening morning by morning.
ÅB
Om natten holdt de seg rundt omkring Guds hus; for det pålå dem å holde vakt, og de skulle lukke opp portene hver morgen.
OTB
De tilbrakte natten rundt Guds hus,
fordi vakten var betrodd dem;
og de hadde ansvaret for å åpne det morgen etter morgen.
B1930
Om natten holdt de sig rundt omkring Guds hus; for det pålå dem å holde vakt, og de skulde lukke op portene hver morgen.

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  • 1 Chronicles 23:30–32

    They were also to stand every morning to give thanks and praise to the LORD, and likewise in the evening.

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  • Malachi 1:10

    “Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.

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  • Romans 12:7

    if it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach;

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  • 1 Samuel 3:15

    Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,

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