25Their brothers in their villages had to come from time to time and share their duties for seven-day periods.


In Context

22 Altogether, those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds numbered 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. The gatekeepers had been assigned to their positions of trust by David and Samuel the seer.

23 They and their descendants were in charge of guarding the gates of the house of the Lord -the house called the Tent.

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

25 Their brothers in their villages had to come from time to time and share their duties for seven-day periods.

26 But the four principal gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the responsibility for the rooms and treasuries in the house of God.

27 They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they had to guard it; and they had charge of the key for opening it each morning.

1st Chronicles 9:25 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:25And their brethren, [which were] in their villages, [were] to come after seven days from time to time with them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:25And their brethren dwelt in villages, and came upon their sabbath days from time to time.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:25And their brethren, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:25And their brethren, in their villages, were to come after every seven days from time to time with them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:25And their brethren, and their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:25And their brethren, who were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:25Their brothers, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:25And their brethren in their villages are to come in for seven days from time to time with these.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:25And their brothers, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them.