1 Chronicles 9:27
“¶ And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was vpon them, and the opening thereof euery morning, perteined to them.”
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1 Chronicles 9:27 Context
25And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seuen dayes, from time to time with them. 26For these Leuites, the foure chiefe porters, were in their set office, and were ouer the chambers and treasuries of the house of God. 27¶ And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was vpon them, and the opening thereof euery morning, perteined to them. 28And certaine of them had the charge of the ministring vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale. 29Some of them also were appointed to ouersee the vessels, and all the instruments of the Sanctuarie, and the fine floure, and the wine, and the oyle, and the frankincense, and the spices.
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And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge [was] upon them, and the opening thereof every morning [pertained] to them.
- King James Version
They spent the night around the house of God, because the watch was committed to them; and they {were} in charge of opening {it} morning by morning.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Their sleeping-rooms were round the house of God, for they had the care of it, and were responsible for opening it morning by morning.
- Basic English Bible
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.
- Darby Bible
And they lodged about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening of it every morning pertained to them.
- Webster's Bible
They lodged around the house of God, because that duty was on them; and to them pertained its opening morning by morning.
- World English Bible
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.
- Youngs Literal Bible
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.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible