Discovery Box1 Chronicles 9:17-34
And the porters
<07778>
<07778>
[were], Shallum
<07967>_,
<07967>_,
and Akkub
<06126>_,
<06126>_,
and Talmon
<02929>_,
<02929>_,
and Ahiman
<0289>_,
<0289>_,
and their brethren
<0251>_:
<0251>_:
Shallum
<07967>
<07967>
[was] the chief
<07218>_;
<07218>_;
Who hitherto [waited] in the king's
<04428>
<04428>
gate
<08179>
<08179>
eastward
<04217>_:
<04217>_:
they [were] porters
<07778>
<07778>
in the companies
<04264>
<04264>
of the children
<01121>
<01121>
of Levi
<03878>_.
<03878>_.
And Shallum
<07967>
<07967>
the son
<01121>
<01121>
of Kore
<06981>_,
<06981>_,
the son
<01121>
<01121>
of Ebiasaph
<043>_,
<043>_,
the son
<01121>
<01121>
of Korah
<07141>_,
<07141>_,
and his brethren
<0251>_,
<0251>_,
of the house
<01004>
<01004>
of his father
<01>_,
<01>_,
the Korahites
<07145>_,
<07145>_,
[were] over the work
<04399>
<04399>
of the service
<05656>_,
<05656>_,
of the gates
<05592>
<05592>
of the tabernacle
<0168>_:
<0168>_:
and their fathers
<01>_,
<01>_,
[being] over the host
<04264>
<04264>
of the LORD
<03068>_,
<03068>_,
of the entry
<03996>_.
{gates: Heb. thresholds}<03996>_.
And Phinehas
<06372>
<06372>
the son
<01121>
<01121>
of Eleazar
<0499>
<0499>
was the ruler
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<05057>
over them in time past
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<06440>_,
[and] the LORD
<03068>
[was] with him.<03068>
[And] Zechariah
<02148>
<02148>
the son
<01121>
<01121>
of Meshelemiah
<04920>
<04920>
[was] porter
<07778>
<07778>
of the door
<06607>
<06607>
of the tabernacle
<0168>
<0168>
of the congregation
<04150>_.
<04150>_.
to be porters
<07778>
<07778>
in the gates
<05592>
<05592>
[were] two hundred
<03967>
<03967>
in their villages
<02691>_,
<02691>_,
whom
<01992>
<01992>
David
<01732>
<01732>
and Samuel
<08050>
<08050>
in their set office
<0530>_.
{did...: Heb. founded} {set...: or, trust}<0530>_.
So they and their children
<01121>
<01121>
[had] the oversight of the gates
<08179>
<08179>
of the house
<01004>
<01004>
of the LORD
<03068>_,
<03068>_,
[namely], the house
<01004>
<01004>
of the tabernacle
<0168>_,
<0168>_,
by wards
<04931>_.
<04931>_.
In four
<0702>
<0702>
quarters
<07307>
<07307>
were the porters
<07778>_,
<07778>_,
toward the east
<04217>_,
<04217>_,
west
<03220>_,
<03220>_,
north
<06828>_,
<06828>_,
and south
<05045>_.
<05045>_.
And their brethren
<0251>_,
<0251>_,
[which were] in their villages
<02691>_,
<02691>_,
after seven
<07651>
<07651>
days
<03117>
<03117>
from time
<06256>
<06256>
to time
<06256>
with them.<06256>
For these Levites
<03881>_,
<03881>_,
the four
<0702>
<0702>
chief
<01368>
<01368>
porters
<07778>_,
<07778>_,
were in [their] set office
<0530>_,
<0530>_,
and were over the chambers
<03957>
<03957>
and treasuries
<0214>
<0214>
of the house
<01004>
<01004>
of God
<0430>_.
{set...: or, trust} {chambers: or, storehouses}<0430>_.
round about
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<05439>
the house
<01004>
<01004>
of God
<0430>_,
<0430>_,
because the charge
<04931>
<04931>
[was] upon them, and the opening
<04668>
<04668>
thereof every morning
<01242>
[pertained] to them.<01242>
And [certain] of them had the charge of
<05921>
<05921>
the ministering
<05656>
<05656>
vessels
<03627>_,
{bring...: Heb. bring them in by tale, and carry them out by tale}<03627>_,
to oversee the vessels
<03627>_,
<03627>_,
and all the instruments
<03627>
<03627>
of the sanctuary
<06944>_,
<06944>_,
and the fine flour
<05560>_,
<05560>_,
and the wine
<03196>_,
<03196>_,
and the oil
<08081>_,
<08081>_,
and the frankincense
<03828>_,
<03828>_,
and the spices
<01314>_.
{instruments: or, vessels}<01314>_.
And Mattithiah
<04993>_,
<04993>_,
[one] of the Levites
<03881>_,
<03881>_,
who [was] the firstborn
<01060>
<01060>
of Shallum
<07967>
<07967>
the Korahite
<07145>_,
<07145>_,
had the set office
<0530>
<0530>
over the things that were made
<04639>
<04639>
in the pans
<02281>_.
{set...: or, trust} {in...: or, on flat plates, or, slices}<02281>_.
And [other] of their brethren
<0251>_,
<0251>_,
of the sons
<01121>
<01121>
of the Kohathites
<06956>_,
<06956>_,
[it] every sabbath
<07676>_.
{shewbread: Heb. bread of ordering}<07676>_.
