1 Chronicles 9:25

25 And their brethren, [who were] in their villages, [were] 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 wards.

24 In four quarters were the porters, towards the east, west, north and south.

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

26 For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in [their] set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.

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