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26 for the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were in charge of the chambers and the treasures of the house of God.

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26 But the four principal gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the responsibility for the rooms and treasuries(A) in the house of God.

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Reorganization of Priests and Levites

11 Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare store chambers in the house of the Lord, and they prepared them.

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11 Hezekiah gave orders to prepare storerooms in the temple of the Lord, and this was done.

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The side chambers were in three stories, one over another, thirty in each story. There were offsets[a] all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side chambers so that they should not be supported by the wall of the temple.(A)

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  1. 41.6 Gk: Heb they entered

The side rooms were on three levels, one above another, thirty(A) on each level. There were ledges all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side rooms, so that the supports were not inserted into the wall of the temple.(B)

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Another section, twenty-five thousand cubits long and ten thousand cubits wide, shall be for the Levites who minister at the temple, as their holding for cities to live in.[a](A)

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  1. 45.5 Gk: Heb as their holding, twenty chambers

An area 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide will belong to the Levites, who serve in the temple, as their possession for towns to live in.[a](A)

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  1. Ezekiel 45:5 Septuagint; Hebrew temple; they will have as their possession 20 rooms

but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample over the holy city for forty-two months.(A)

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But exclude the outer court;(A) do not measure it, because it has been given to the Gentiles.(B) They will trample on the holy city(C) for 42 months.(D)

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