were over the burden-bearers and directed all who did work in every kind of service, and some of the Levites were scribes and officials and gatekeepers.

他们又监管扛抬的人，督催一切做工的。利未人中也有作书记、作司事、作守门的。

他们监督扛抬的人，督导一切做各样工的人。利未人中也有作书记、官员、守卫的。

他们监督扛抬的人，督导一切做各样工的人。利未人中也有作书记、官员、守卫的。

负责监督搬运工人，还有一些做书记、官员和殿门守卫。

管理扛抬的，并且监管所有作各种工作的人；利未人中，也有作书记、作职员和作守门的。

他們又監管扛擡的人，督催一切做工的。利未人中也有作書記、作司事、作守門的。

他們監督扛抬的人，督導一切做各樣工的人。利未人中也有作書記、官員、守衛的。

他們監督扛抬的人，督導一切做各樣工的人。利未人中也有作書記、官員、守衛的。

負責監督搬運工人，還有一些做書記、官員和殿門守衛。

管理扛抬的，並且監管所有作各種工作的人；利未人中，也有作書記、作職員和作守門的。

管理重苦力，並監管料理各樣工程的一切辦事人：利未人中也有做書記、職員、和守門的。

兼轄負荷者、催督各等工役、亦有利未人為繕寫、為司事、為閽人、

為負荷者工作者之長、利未人、或繕寫、或督役、或司閽、

兼轄負荷者、督催一切工作者、他利未人、或為繕寫、或為官吏、或為守門者、

had charge of the laborers and supervised all the workers from job to job. Some of the Levites were secretaries, scribes and gatekeepers.

They were in charge of the laborers. They directed all the workers from job to job. Some of the Levites were secretaries and writers. Other Levites guarded the gates.

were put in charge of the laborers of the various trades. Still others assisted as secretaries, officials, and gatekeepers.

They were also over the porters and were supervising all those doing the work task by task. Some of the Levites were secretaries, officers, and gatekeepers.

They were also in charge of the burden bearers, and supervised all the workmen from job to job; and some of the Levites were scribes, and officials, and gatekeepers.

were over the burden bearers and were overseers of all who did work in any kind of service. And some of the Levites were scribes, officers, and gatekeepers.

Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and set forward all that did the work in every manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.

They were also over the porters and were supervising all those doing the work task by task. Some of the Levites were secretaries, officers, and gatekeepers.

Also[ they were] over the bearers of burdens, and[ were] overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites[ there were] scribes, and officers, and porters.

supervised the laborers and all the foremen on their various jobs. Some of the Levites were scribes, officials, and guards.

Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and directed all who did the work in every kind of service. Of the Levites, there were scribes, officials, and gatekeepers.

In Judah it was said,“ The strength of those who bear the burdens is failing. There is too much rubble. By ourselves we will not be able to rebuild the wall.”

Seventy thousand of them he assigned to bear burdens, 80,000 to quarry in the hill country, and 3,600 as overseers to make the people work.

and also Obed-edom and his sixty-eight brothers, while Obed-edom, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah were to be gatekeepers.

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

And these were the chief officers of King Solomon, 250, who exercised authority over the people.

and with them their brothers of the second order, Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.

The gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their kinsmen( Shallum was the chief);

I will give for your servants, the woodsmen who cut timber, 20,000 cors of crushed wheat, 20,000 cors of barley, 20,000 baths of wine, and 20,000 baths of oil.”

Heman and Jeduthun had trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments for sacred song. The sons of Jeduthun were appointed to the gate.

As for the divisions of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.And Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh.And Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth, for God blessed him.Also to his son Shemaiah were sons born who were rulers in their fathers’ houses, for they were men of great ability.The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed and Elzabad, whose brothers were able men, Elihu and Semachiah.All these were of the sons of Obed-edom with their sons and brothers, able men qualified for the service; sixty-two of Obed-edom.And Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, able men, eighteen.And Hosah, of the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief( for though he was not the firstborn, his father made him chief),Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brothers of Hosah were thirteen.These divisions of the gatekeepers, corresponding to their chief men, had duties, just as their brothers did, ministering in the house of the Lord.And they cast lots by fathers’ houses, small and great alike, for their gates.The lot for the east fell to Shelemiah. They cast lots also for his son Zechariah, a shrewd counselor, and his lot came out for the north.Obed-edom’s came out for the south, and to his sons was allotted the gatehouse.For Shuppim and Hosah it came out for the west, at the gate of Shallecheth on the road that goes up. Watch corresponded to watch.On the east there were six each day, on the north four each day, on the south four each day, as well as two and two at the gatehouse.And for the colonnade on the west there were four at the road and two at the colonnade.These were the divisions of the gatekeepers among the Korahites and the sons of Merari.

“ How can you say,‘ We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us’? But behold, the lying pen of the scribes has made it into a lie.

this Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses that the Lord, the God of Israel, had given, and the king granted him all that he asked, for the hand of the Lord his God was on him.And there went up also to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king, some of the people of Israel, and some of the priests and Levites, the singers and gatekeepers, and the temple servants.

According to the ruling of David his father, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their offices of praise and ministry before the priests as the duty of each day required, and the gatekeepers in their divisions at each gate, for so David the man of God had commanded.

And behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the Lord; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the governor of the house of Judah, in all the king’s matters, and the Levites will serve you as officers. Deal courageously, and may the Lord be with the upright!”

Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were appointed to external duties for Israel, as officers and judges.Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brothers, 1,700 men of ability, had the oversight of Israel westward of the Jordan for all the work of the Lord and for the service of the king.

“ Twenty-four thousand of these,” David said,“ shall have charge of the work in the house of the Lord, 6,000 shall be officers and judges,4,000 gatekeepers, and 4,000 shall offer praises to the Lord with the instruments that I have made for praise.”