27They 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.
27They 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.
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.
28 Some of them were in charge of the articles used in the temple service; they counted them when they were brought in and when they were taken out.
29 Others were assigned to take care of the furnishings and all the other articles of the sanctuary, as well as the flour and wine, and the oil, incense and spices.
9:27And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge [was] upon them, and the opening thereof every morning [pertained] to them.
9:27And they abode in their watches round about the temple of the Lord: that when it was time, they might open the gates in the morning.
9:27And 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.
9:27for 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.
9:27And 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.
9:27And they lodged about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening of it every morning pertained to them.
9:27They lodged around the house of God, because that duty was on them; and to them pertained its opening morning by morning.
9:27and round about the house of God they lodge, for on them is the watch, and they are over the opening, even morning by morning.
9:27And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was on them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.