1 Chronicles 9:27

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding it and opening it every morning.

In context

25 Their relatives came from their villages at fixed times to serve with them for seven-day periods.

26 But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.

27 They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding it and opening it every morning.

28 Some of them were in charge of the articles used in worship, to count them whenever they were brought in or taken out.

29 Others were put in charge of the furnishings and other articles of the sanctuary, as well as the fine flour, wine, oil, frankincense, and spices.

BSB Berean Standard Bible: They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding it and opening it every morning.
KJV 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.
WEB World English Bible: They stayed around God’s house, because that was their duty; and it was their duty to open it morning by morning.
ASV American Standard Version: And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge thereof was upon them; and to them pertained the opening thereof morning by morning.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: and round about the house of God they lodge, for on them [is] the watch, and they [are] over the opening, even morning by morning.
DBY Darby Translation: for they stayed round about the house of God during the night, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning [pertained] to them.
WBS Webster Bible: And they lodged about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening of it every morning pertained to them.