²³So they and their sons were over the gates of the house of Yahweh at the house of the tent as guards. ²⁴The gatekeepers were on four sides: east, west, north, and south. ²⁵And their brethren in their villages were to come every seven days by turn^f to be with these. ²⁶For the four mighty gatekeepers, they who were Levites, were entrusted^g and were over the chambers and over the storerooms of the house of God. ²⁷And they lodged all around the house of God, for upon them was a responsibility. And they had charge of opening the house of God every morning.^h

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Footnotes

fLiterally “from time to time”
gLiterally “they in their faithfulness”
hLiterally “they were over the key and to morning to morning”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So they and their sons were in charge of the gates of the house of the Lord, that is, the house of the tent, as guards. The gatekeepers were on the four sides, east, west, north, and south. And their kinsmen who were in their villages were obligated to come in every seven days, in turn, to be with these, for the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted to be over the chambers and the treasures of the house of God. And they lodged around the house of God, for on them lay the duty of watching, and they had charge of opening it every morning.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They and their descendants were in charge of guarding the gates of the house of the Lord—the house called the tent of meeting. The gatekeepers were on the four sides: east, west, north and south. Their fellow Levites in their villages had to come from time to time and share their duties for seven-day periods. But the four principal gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the responsibility for the rooms and treasuries in the house of God. They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they had to guard it; and they had charge of the key for opening it each morning.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So they and their sons were assigned as guards to the gates of the Lord’s temple, which had been the tent-temple. The gatekeepers were on the four sides: east, west, north, and south. Their relatives came from their settlements at fixed times to be with them seven days, but the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of God’s temple. They spent the night in the vicinity of God’s temple, because they had guard duty and were in charge of opening it every morning.

NLTNew Living Translation

These gatekeepers and their descendants, by their divisions, were responsible for guarding the entrance to the house of the Lord when that house was a tent. The gatekeepers were stationed on all four sides—east, west, north, and south. Their relatives in the villages came regularly to share their duties for seven-day periods.

The four chief gatekeepers, all Levites, were trusted officials, for they were responsible for the rooms and treasuries at the house of God. They would spend the night around the house of God, since it was their duty to guard it and to open the gates every morning.

KJV 1900King James Version

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. In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south. And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them. For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God. And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.

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