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The People of Jerusalem

1 Chronicles 9:26

In 11 translations

BSB
But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.
KJV
For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.set…: or, trustchambers: or, storehouses
WEB
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.
ASV
for the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.
LSV
For the four chiefs of the gatekeepers in office, they are Levites, and they have been over the chambers, and over the treasuries of the house of God,
YLT
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,
DBY
For in their trust these four were the chief doorkeepers: they were Levites; and they were over the chambers and over the treasuries of the house of God;Elohim
DRC
To these four Levites were committed the whole number of the porters, and they were over the chambers, and treasures, of the house of the Lord.
GNV
For these foure chiefe porters were in perpetuall office, and were of the Leuites and had charge of the chambers, and of the treasures in the house of God.
JPS
for the four chief porters were in a set office. These were the Levites. They were also over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.
LXXE
For four strong men have the charge of the gates; and the Levites were over the chambers, and they keep watch over the treasures of the house of God.

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Original-language editions

WLC
כִּ֣י בֶאֱמוּנָ֞ה הֵ֗מָּה אַרְבַּ֨עַת֙ גִּבֹּרֵ֣י הַשֹּׁעֲרִ֔ים הֵ֖ם הַלְוִיִּ֑ם וְהָיוּ֙ עַל־הַלְּשָׁכ֔וֹת וְעַ֥ל הָאֹצְר֖וֹת בֵּ֥ית הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃
LXX-Br
Ὅτι ἐν πίστει εἰσὶ τέσσαρες δυνατοὶ τῶν πυλῶν· καὶ οἱ Λευῖται ἦσαν ἐπὶ τῶν παστοφορίων, καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν θησαυρῶν οἴκου τοῦ Θεοῦ παρεμβάλλουσιν,

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  • 2 Chronicles 31:5–12As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously provided the firstfruits of the grain, new wine, oil, and honey, and of all the produce of the field, and they brought in an abundance—a tithe of everything. And…
  • Nehemiah 10:38–39A priest of Aaron’s line is to accompany the Levites when they collect the tenth, and the Levites are to bring a tenth of these tithes to the storerooms of the treasury in the house of our God. For the Israelites and…
  • 1 Chronicles 26:20–27Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated things. From the descendants of Ladan, who were Gershonites through Ladan and heads of the families of…
  • Nehemiah 13:5and had prepared for Tobiah a large room where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the temple articles, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers, and…

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