Bible Strands
1 Chronicles 9:27
They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding it and opening it every morning.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The chronicler records the post-exilic temple guard assignments immediately after listing the gatekeepers’ administrative duties over the sanctuary’s rooms and treasuries.
The words — יָלִ֑ינוּ (ya.Li.nu) translates literally as “they spent [the] night,” and מִשְׁמֶ֔רֶת (mish.Me.ret) means “a duty,” anchoring the verse in continuous, assigned vigilance.
The thread — This night-watch and morning-opening routine echoes the Levitical praise schedule in 1 Chronicles 23:30, the dawn door-opening in 1 Samuel 3:15, and the prophetic warning against neglected temple care in Malachi 1:10.
Why it lands — The text demands that those entrusted with sacred spaces maintain unbroken vigilance and precise daily order, treating the sanctuary’s security and access as a non-negotiable obligation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.
Cross-references
- 1 Chronicles 23:30 They were also to stand every morning to give thanks and praise to the LORD, and likewise in the evening.
- 1 Samuel 3:15 Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,
- Malachi 1:10 “Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.
- Romans 12:7 if it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach;