1 Chronicles 9:25

25 And their brethren in their villages [were] to come [every] seven days {by turn} [to be] with these.

1 Chronicles 9:25 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 9:25

And their brethren, which were in their villages
Assigned them to dwell in:

were to come after seven days from time to time with them;
there was a new course of them every week; the old ones went off of duty, and another course succeeded, which came out of the villages where they dwelt, and the old course retired to theirs.

1 Chronicles 9:25 In-Context

23 So they and their sons [were] over the gates of the house of Yahweh at the house of the tent as guards.

24 The gatekeepers [were] on four sides: east, west, north, and south.

25 And their brethren in their villages [were] to come [every] seven days {by turn} [to be] with these.

26 For the four mighty gatekeepers, they who [were] Levites, {were entrusted} and [were] over the chambers and over the storerooms of the house of God.

27 And 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}.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "from time to time"