2 Chronicles 23:19
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, so that nothing unclean could enter for any reason.”
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“He stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, so that nothing unclean could enter for any reason.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the Lord, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And he set the porters at the gates of the house of Jehovah, that none that was unclean in anything should enter in.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and he stationeth the gatekeepers over the gates of the house of Jehovah, and the unclean in anything doth not go in.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Chronicles 23:19 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Chronicles 9:22The number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their positions of trust.
- 1 Chronicles 9:23So they and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the house of the LORD—the house called the Tent.
- 1 Chronicles 26:1These were the divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.
- 2 Chronicles 8:14In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.
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