◄ 1 Chronicles 9:24 ►
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Good News Translation
There was a gate facing in each direction, north, south, east, and west, and each had a chief guard.

New Revised Standard Version
The gatekeepers were on the four sides, east, west, north, and south;

Contemporary English Version
There was one full-time guard appointed to each of the four sides of the temple.

New American Bible
The gatekeepers were stationed at the four sides, to the east, the west, the north, and the south.

Douay-Rheims Bible
In four quarters were the porters: that is to say, toward the east, and west, and north, and south.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

In four quarters were the porters: that is to say, toward the east, and west, and north, and south.

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1 Chronicles 26:14-18 And the lot of the east fell to Selemias. But to his son Zacharias, a very wise and learned man, the north gate fell by lot. . . .

Context
The People of Jerusalem
…23As well them as their sons, to keep the gates of the house of the Lord, and the tabernacle by their turns. 24In four quarters were the porters: that is to say, toward the east, and west, and north, and south.25And their brethren dwelt in village, and came upon their sabbath days from time to time.…
Cross References
2 Kings 7:10
So they came to the gate of the city, and told them, saying: We went to the camp of the Syrians, and we found no man there, but horses, and asses tied, and the tents standing.

1 Chronicles 9:23
As well them as their sons, to keep the gates of the house of the Lord, and the tabernacle by their turns.

1 Chronicles 9:25
And their brethren dwelt in village, and came upon their sabbath days from time to time.

1 Chronicles 9:23
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