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1 Chronicles 9:25

Those of their family in other towns were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Porters;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Levites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Levites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Levite;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Priest, Priesthood;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, the Books of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Keys;   Levites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Priests and Levites;   Writing;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Porter;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Doorkeeper;   Korahites;   Port;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Horology;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Their relatives came from their settlements at fixed times to be with them seven days,
Hebrew Names Version
Their brothers, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them:
King James Version
And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them.
English Standard Version
And their kinsmen who were in their villages were obligated to come in every seven days, in turn, to be with these,
New Century Version
The gatekeepers' relatives who lived in the villages had to come and help them at times. Each time they came they helped the gatekeepers for seven days.
New English Translation
Their relatives, who lived in their settlements, came from time to time and served with them for seven-day periods.
Amplified Bible
Their relatives in their villages were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them;
New American Standard Bible
Their relatives in their settlements were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them;
World English Bible
Their brothers, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them:
Geneva Bible (1587)
And their brethren, which were in their townes, came at seuen dayes from time to time with them.
Legacy Standard Bible
And their relatives in their villages were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them;
Berean Standard Bible
Their relatives came from their villages at fixed times to serve with them for seven-day periods.
Contemporary English Version
Their assistants lived in the villages outside the city, and every seven days a group of them would come into the city and take their turn at guard duty.
Complete Jewish Bible
From time to time their kinsmen had to come in from their towns to help them for seven days.
Darby Translation
And their brethren, in their villages, were to come after [every] seven days from time to time with them.
Easy-to-Read Version
The gatekeepers' relatives who lived in the small towns had to come and help them at certain times. They came and helped the gatekeepers for seven days each time.
George Lamsa Translation
And their brethren who kept the watch in their generation did not enter into the temple except once every seven days from time to time,
Good News Translation
These guards were assisted by their relatives, who lived in the villages and who had to take turns at guard duty for seven days at a time.
Lexham English Bible
And their brethren in their villages were to come every seven days by turn to be with these.
Literal Translation
And their brothers in their villages were to come in for seven days from time to time with them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But their brethre were in their vyllages, that they might come allwaye on the seuenth daye to be with them:
American Standard Version
And their brethren, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them:
Bible in Basic English
And their brothers, in the country places where they were living, were to come in every seven days to be with them from time to time.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And their brethren remayned in the countrey, and came after seuen dayes from tyme to tyme with them.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And their brethren, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them;
King James Version (1611)
And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seuen dayes, from time to time with them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And their brethren were in their courts, to enter in weekly from time to time with these.
English Revised Version
And their brethren, and their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe her britheren dwelliden in townes, and camen in her sabatis fro tyme til to tyme.
Update Bible Version
And their brothers, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them:
Webster's Bible Translation
And their brethren, [who were] in their villages, [were] to come after seven days from time to time with them.
New King James Version
And their brethren in their villages had to come with them from time to time for seven days.
New Living Translation
Their relatives in the villages came regularly to share their duties for seven-day periods.
New Revised Standard
and their kindred who were in their villages were obliged to come in every seven days, in turn, to be with them;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, their brethren in their villages, had to come in, every seven days, from time to time, along with these.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And their brethren dwelt in village, and came upon their sabbath days from time to time.
Revised Standard Version
and their kinsmen who were in their villages were obliged to come in every seven days, from time to time, to be with these;
Young's Literal Translation
And their brethren in their villages [are] to come in for seven days from time to time with these.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Their relatives in their villages were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them;

Contextual Overview

14 From the Levites were Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari. 15 There were Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Mica, son of Zichri, son of Asaph. 16 There was Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun. And there was Berechiah the son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who lived in the towns of the Netophathites. 17 The gate-keepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman and their brothers. (Shallum was the leader 18 who was at the king's gate on the east side.) These were the gate-keepers for the family group of the Levites. 19 Shallum the son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his brothers of his father's house, were the Korahites. They led the work, and they watched the doors of the meeting tent. Their fathers had taken care of the tents of the Lord, and had watched the doors. 20 Phinehas the son of Eleazar had ruled over them before. And the Lord was with him. 21 Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah watched the gate of the meeting tent. 22 There were 212 of those who were chosen to watch the gates. Their names were written down by families in their towns. David and Samuel the man of God chose them for places of trust. 23 So they and their sons were gate-keepers of the Lord's house, the holy tent.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

seven: 2 Kings 11:5, 2 Kings 11:7, 2 Chronicles 23:8

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 9:22 - in their 1 Chronicles 24:19 - the orderings Luke 1:23 - the days

Cross-References

Genesis 3:14
Then the Lord God said to the snake, "Because you have done this, you will be hated and will suffer more than all cattle, and more than every animal of the field. You will go on your stomach and you will eat dust all the days of your life.
Genesis 4:11
Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
Genesis 9:7
As for you, have many children. Cover the earth with many people."
Genesis 9:8
Then God said to Noah and his sons,
Genesis 9:20
Then Noah became a farmer and planted a grape-field.
Genesis 9:21
And he drank of the wine, and drank too much, and lay without covering himself in his tent.
Genesis 9:22
Then Ham, the father of Canaan, saw that his father was without clothes. And he told his two brothers outside.
Genesis 9:28
Noah lived 350 years after the flood.
Genesis 49:7
Their anger will be punished, for it is bad. Their bad temper will be punished, for it is bad. I will divide them in Jacob and spread them apart in Israel.
Deuteronomy 27:16
‘Cursed is the one who puts his father or mother to shame.' And all the people will say, ‘Let it be so.'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And their brethren, which were in their villages,.... Assigned them to dwell in:

were to come after seven days from time to time with them; there was a new course of them every week; the old ones went off of duty, and another course succeeded, which came out of the villages where they dwelt, and the old course retired to theirs.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the marginal references. If the number of warders was, as stated in Nehemiah (Nehemiah 11:19) 172 (i. e. 168 besides the four chief warders), and the number employed at any one time was, as under David 1 Chronicles 26:17-18, twenty-four, then the turn of the courses to keep ward came every seven weeks.


 
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