NASB
"They spent the night around the house of God, because the watch was committed to them; and they were in charge of opening it morning by morning."
— 1 Chronicles 9:27, NASB
“And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.”
“And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge thereof was upon them; and to them pertained the opening thereof morning by morning. ”
“They lodged around the house of God, because that duty was on them; and to them pertained its opening morning by morning.”
“They would spend the night in their posts all around God’s sanctuary, for they were assigned to guard it and would open it with the key every morning.”
“And they abode in their watches round about the temple of the Lord: that when it was time, they might open the gates in the morning.”
“Their sleeping-rooms were round the house of God, for they had the care of it, and were responsible for opening it morning by morning.”
“And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.”
The gatekeepers were on the four sides, to the east, west, north and south.
Their relatives in their villages were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them;
for the four chief gatekeepers who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.
They spent the night around the house of God, because the watch was committed to them; and they were in charge of opening it morning by morning.
Now some of them had charge of the utensils of service, for they counted them when they brought them in and when they took them out.
Some of them also were appointed over the furniture and over all the utensils of the sanctuary and over the fine flour and the wine and the oil and the frankincense and the spices.
Some of the sons of the priests prepared the mixing of the spices.