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.


In Context

24 At four sides are the gatekeepers, east, west, north, and south.

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

26 For in office are the four chiefs of the gatekeepers, they are Levites, and they have been over the chambers, and over the treasuries of the house of God,

27 and round about the house of God they lodge, for on them is the watch, and they are over the opening, even morning by morning.

28 And some of them are over the vessels of service, for by number they bring them in, and by number they take them out.

29 And some of them are appointed over the vessels, even over all the vessels of the sanctuary, and over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.

1 Chronicles 9:27 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:27They 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.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:27They lodged around the house of God, because that duty was on them; and to them pertained its opening morning by morning.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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.