1 Chronicles 9:26-29

9:26 The four head gatekeepers, who were Levites, were assigned to guard the storerooms and treasuries in God’s sanctuary. ¹  9:27 They would spend the night in their posts all around God’s sanctuary, ²  for they were assigned to guard it and would open it with the key every morning. 9:28 Some of them were in charge of the articles used by those who served; they counted them when they brought them in and when they brought them out. ³  9:29 Some of them were in charge of the equipment and articles of the sanctuary, ⁴  as well as the flour, wine, olive oil, incense, and spices.

1 Chronicles 26:20-27

Supervisors of the Storehouses

26:20 Their fellow Levites were in charge of the storehouses ⁵  in God’s temple and the storehouses containing consecrated items. 26:21 The descendants of Ladan, ⁶  who were descended from Gershon through Ladan and were leaders of the families of Ladan the Gershonite, included Jehieli ⁷  26:22 and the sons of Jehieli, Zetham and his brother Joel. They were in charge of the storehouses in the Lord’s temple.

26:23 As for the Amramites, Izharites, Hebronites, and Uzzielites:

26:24 Shebuel ⁸  son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was the supervisor of the storehouses. 26:25 His relatives through Eliezer included: Rehabiah his son, Jeshaiah his son, Joram his son, Zikri his son, and Shelomith ⁹  his son. 26:26 Shelomith ¹⁰  and his relatives were in charge of all the storehouses containing the consecrated items dedicated by King David, the family leaders who led units of a thousand and a hundred, and the army officers. 26:27 They had dedicated some of the plunder taken in battles to be used for repairs on the Lord’s temple.

Luke 21:1

The Widow’s Offering

21:1 Jesus ¹¹  looked up ¹²  and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box. ¹³ 

[9:26]  ¹ tn Heb “in the house of God.”

[9:27]  ² tn Heb “in the house of God.”

[9:28]  ³ tn Heb “and from them over the articles of the task, for by number they would bring them in, and by number they would bring them out.”

[9:29]  ⁴ tn Heb “holy place.”

[26:20]  ⁵ tn Or “treasuries.”

[26:21]  ⁶ tn “Ladan” is a variant of the name “Libni” (cf. 6:17).

[26:21]  ⁷ tn “Jehieli” is a variant of the name “Jehiel” (cf. 23:8).

[26:24]  ⁷ tn A number of English versions follow the LXX and Vulgate and read “Shubael” here (e.g., NAB, NIV, NCV, CEV).

[26:25]  ⁸ tc The marginal reading (Qere) is “Shelomith,” while the consonantal text (Kethib) has “Shelomoth.”

[26:26]  ⁹ tc The MT reads “Shelomoth”; the name is spelled “Shelomith” in the marginal reading (Qere) of v. 25.

[21:1]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “He”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity. Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[21:1]  ¹¹ tn Grk “looking up, he saw.” The participle ἀναβλέψας (anableya") has been translated as a finite verb due to requirements of contemporary English style.

[21:1]  ¹² tn On the term γαζοφυλάκιον (gazofulakion), often translated “treasury,” see BDAG 186 s.v., which states, “For Mk 12:41, 43; Lk 21:1 the mng. contribution box or receptacle is attractive. Acc. to Mishnah, Shekalim 6, 5 there were in the temple 13 such receptacles in the form of trumpets. But even in these passages the general sense of ‘treasury’ is prob., for the contributions would go [into] the treasury via the receptacles.” Based upon the extra-biblical evidence (see sn following), however, the translation opts to refer to the actual receptacles and not the treasury itself.