📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 9:23
What does 1 Chronicles 9:23 mean?
"So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of Yahweh’s house, even the house of the tent, by wards."
— 1 Chronicles 9:23 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, and Yahweh was with him.
Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper of the door of the Tent of Meeting.
All these who were chosen to be gatekeepers in the thresholds were two hundred twelve. These were listed by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer ordained in their office of trust.
So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of Yahweh’s house, even the house of the tent, by wards.
On the four sides were the gatekeepers, toward the east, west, north, and south.
Their brothers, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them:
for the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the rooms and over the treasuries in God’s house.
Explanation
First Chronicles 9:23 describes a simple but important administrative detail
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