1 Chronicles 9:25

25 And their brethren, who were in their villages, had to come after seven days from time to time with them.

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 children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by watches.

24 In four quarters were the doorkeepers: toward the east, west, north, and south.

25 And their brethren, who were in their villages, had to come after seven days from time to time with them.

26 For these Levites, the four chief doorkeepers, were in their trust, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.

27 And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.