1 Chronicles 9:26
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.”
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“But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For in office <FI>are<Fi> 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,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Chronicles 9:26 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Chronicles 26:20Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated things.
- 2 Chronicles 31:5As 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.
- Nehemiah 10:38A 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.
- 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 gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.
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