KJV King James Version
[And] Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah [was] porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
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1 Chronicles 9:21
[And] Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah [was] porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
WEB World English Bible
Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the Tent of Meeting.
ASV American Standard Version
Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tent of meeting.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Zechariah son of Meshelemiah is gatekeeper at the opening of the tent of meeting.
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 9
18 Who hitherto [waited] in the king’s gate eastward: they [were] porters in the companies of the children of Levi.
19 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, [were] over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, [being] over the host of the LORD, [were] keepers of the entry.
20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, [and] the LORD [was] with him.
21 [And] Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah [was] porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
22 All these [which were] chosen to be porters in the gates [were] two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.
23 So they and their children [had] the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, [namely], the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
24 In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
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