Gatekeepers

For good <FI>is<Fi> a day in Thy courts, O Teacher! I have chosen rather to be at the threshold, In the house of my God, Than to dwell in tents of wickedness.

For the courses of the gatekeepers: of the Korhites <FI>is<Fi> Meshelemiah son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph; — read the full passage →

And the gatekeepers <FI>are<Fi> Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren--Shallum <FI>is<Fi> the head; — read the full passage →

`Go up unto Hilkiah the high priest, and he doth complete the silver that is brought into the house of Jehovah, that the keepers of the threshold have gathered from the people,

And he establisheth, according to the ordinance of David his father, the courses of the priests over their service, and of the Levites over their charges, to praise and to minister over-against the priests, according to the matter of a day in its day, and the gatekeepers in their courses at gate and gate, for so <FI>is<Fi> the command of David the man of God.

Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, <FI>are<Fi> gatekeepers, keeping charge in the gatherings of the gates.

and four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand giving praise to Jehovah, `with instruments that I made for praising,' <FI>saith David.<Fi>

and he stationeth the gatekeepers over the gates of the house of Jehovah, and the unclean in anything doth not go in.

And Berechiah and Elkanah <FI>are<Fi> gatekeepers for the ark. — read the full passage →

`On thy walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen, All the day, and all the night, Continually, they are not silent.' O ye remembrancers of Jehovah, Keep not silence for yourselves, — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass, when the wall hath been built, that I set up the doors, and the gatekeepers are appointed, and the singers, and the Levites, — read the full passage →

and over the burden-bearers, and overseers of every one doing work for service and service; and of the Levites <FI>are<Fi> scribes, and officers, and gatekeepers.

And Kore son of Imnah the Levite, the gatekeeper at the east, <FI>is<Fi> over the willing-offerings of God, to give the heave-offering of Jehovah, and the most holy things.

And they come in, and call unto the gatekeeper of the city, and declare for themselves, saying, `We have come in unto the camp of Aram, and lo, there is not there a man, or sound of man, but the bound horse, and the bound ass, and tents as they <FI>are<Fi> .' — read the full passage →

And the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, those watching at the gates, <FI>are<Fi> a hundred seventy and two.

to this one the doorkeeper doth open, and the sheep hear his voice, and his own sheep he doth call by name, and doth lead them forth;

Sons of the gatekeepers; sons of Shallum, sons of Ater, sons of Talmon, sons of Akkub, sons of Hatita, sons of Shobai, the whole <FI>are<Fi> a hundred thirty and nine.

Go, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon <FI>you<Fi> ; — read the full passage →

having also a wall great and high, having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve messengers, and names written thereon, which are <FI>those<Fi> of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel,

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men: — read the full passage →

And the gatekeepers <FI>are<Fi> Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren--Shallum <FI>is<Fi> the head; — read the full passage →

And there go up of the sons of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

`And to you we are making known, that upon any of the priests and Levites, singers, gatekeepers, Nethinim, and servants of the house of God, tribute and custom there is no authority to lift up.

and he maketh for him a great chamber, and there they were formerly putting the present, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithe of the corn, the new wine, and the oil--the commanded thing of the Levites, and the singers, and the gatekeepers--and the heave-offering of the priests.

The gatekeepers: sons of Shallum, sons of Ater, sons of Talmon, sons of Akkub, sons of Hatita, sons of Shobai: a hundred thirty and eight.

And the singers, sons of Asaph, <FI>are<Fi> on their station, according to the command of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun seer of the king, and the gate keepers <FI>are<Fi> at gate and gate; it is not for them to turn aside from off their service, for their brethren the Levites have prepared for them.

and a certain man, being lame from the womb of his mother, was being carried, whom they were laying every day at the gate of the temple, called Beautiful, to ask a kindness from those entering into the temple,

And the gatekeepers <FI>are<Fi> Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren--Shallum <FI>is<Fi> the head; — read the full passage →

and its gates shall not at all be shut by day, for night shall not be there;

Elders who <FI>are<Fi> among you, I exhort, who <FI>am<Fi> a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and of the glory about to be revealed a partaker, — read the full passage →

And they have been in My sanctuary ministrants, overseers at the gates of the house, and ministrants at the house; they slay the burnt-offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they stand before them to serve them.

And Samuel lieth till the morning, and openeth the doors of the house of Jehovah, and Samuel is afraid of declaring the vision unto Eli.

having also a wall great and high, having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve messengers, and names written thereon, which are <FI>those<Fi> of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel, — read the full passage →

And they come in unto Hilkiah the high priest, and they give the money that is brought in to the house of God, that the Levites, keeping the threshold, have gathered from the hand of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and from all the remnant of Israel, and from all Judah, and Benjamin, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem,

both Obed-Edom and their brethren, sixty and eight, and Obed-Edom son of Jeduthun, and Hosah for gatekeepers,

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →

Enter ye His gates with thanksgiving, His courts with praise, Give ye thanks to Him, bless ye His Name.

And Peter and John were going up at the same time to the temple, at the hour of the prayer, the ninth <FI>hour<Fi> , — read the full passage →

`This <FI>is<Fi> the thing that ye do: The third of you, going in on the sabbath, of the priests, and of the Levites, <FI>are<Fi> for gatekeepers of the thresholds, — read the full passage →

For the courses of the gatekeepers: of the Korhites <FI>is<Fi> Meshelemiah son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph; — read the full passage →

and with them their brethren, the seconds <FI>in rank<Fi> , Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah; and Obed-Edom and Jeiel the gatekeepers;

All of those who are chosen for gatekeepers at the thresholds <FI>are<Fi> two hundred and twelve; they <FI>are<Fi> in their villages, by their genealogy; they whom David and Samuel the seer appointed in their office.

And the gatekeepers <FI>are<Fi> Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren--Shallum <FI>is<Fi> the head; — read the full passage →

And David cometh in to Nob, unto Ahimelech the priest, and Ahimelech trembleth at meeting David, and saith to him, `Wherefore <FI>art<Fi> thou thyself alone, and no man with thee?' — read the full passage →

All of those who are chosen for gatekeepers at the thresholds <FI>are<Fi> two hundred and twelve; they <FI>are<Fi> in their villages, by their genealogy; they whom David and Samuel the seer appointed in their office. — read the full passage →

I am the door, through me if any one may come in, he shall be saved, and he shall come in, and go out, and find pasture.

and when his own sheep he may put forth, before them he goeth on, and the sheep follow him, because they have known his voice;

Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age <FI>is<Fi> His kindness. — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass, when the wall hath been built, that I set up the doors, and the gatekeepers are appointed, and the singers, and the Levites,

yea, Cyrus king of Persia bringeth them out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbereth them to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.

lo, I have stood at the door, and I knock; if any one may hear my voice, and may open the door, I will come in unto him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

And Peter having knocked at the door of the porch, there came a damsel to hearken, by name Rhoda, — read the full passage →

and a certain man, being lame from the womb of his mother, was being carried, whom they were laying every day at the gate of the temple, called Beautiful, to ask a kindness from those entering into the temple, — read the full passage →

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

`Woe to you, the lawyers, because ye took away the key of the knowledge; yourselves ye did not enter; and those coming in, ye did hinder.'

This <FI>is<Fi> the gate to Jehovah, The righteous enter into it.

And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, at the completion of the word of Jehovah from the mouth of Jeremiah, hath Jehovah waked up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he causeth an intimation to pass over into all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying, — read the full passage →

All of those who are chosen for gatekeepers at the thresholds <FI>are<Fi> two hundred and twelve; they <FI>are<Fi> in their villages, by their genealogy; they whom David and Samuel the seer appointed in their office. — read the full passage →

And the king commandeth Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring out from the temple of Jehovah all the vessels that are made for Baal, and for the shrine, and for all the host of the heavens, and he burneth them at the outside of Jerusalem, in the fields of Kidron, and hath borne their ashes to Beth-El.

and Jehoiada the priest taketh a chest, and pierceth a hole in its lid, and putteth it near the altar, on the right side, as one cometh in to the house of Jehovah, and the priests keeping the threshold have put there all the money that is brought in to the house of Jehovah.

And David is sitting between the two gates, and the watchman goeth unto the roof of the gate, unto the wall, and lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, a man running by himself. — read the full passage →

And the priest giveth to him the holy thing, for there was no bread there except the bread of the Presence which is turned aside from the presence of Jehovah to put hot bread in the day of its being taken away.

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, to the assembly of Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

according as I said to you: My sheep my voice do hear, and I know them, and they follow me,

and other sheep I have that are not of this fold, these also it behoveth me to bring, and my voice they will hear, and there shall become one flock--one shepherd.

`I am the good shepherd, and I know my <FI>sheep<Fi> , and am known by mine,

`Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is not entering through the door to the fold of the sheep, but is going up from another side, that one is a thief and a robber;

The gatekeepers: sons of Shallum, sons of Ater, sons of Talmon, sons of Akkub, sons of Hatita, sons of Shobai: a hundred thirty and eight. — read the full passage →

Sons of the gatekeepers; sons of Shallum, sons of Ater, sons of Talmon, sons of Akkub, sons of Hatita, sons of Shobai, the whole <FI>are<Fi> a hundred thirty and nine. — read the full passage →

And draw near do the days of David to die, and he chargeth Solomon his son, saying, — read the full passage →

and Nob, the city of the priests, he hath smitten by the mouth of the sword, from man even unto woman, from infant even unto suckling, and ox, and ass, and sheep, by the mouth of the sword.

and Peter was standing at the door without, therefore went forth the other disciple who was known to the chief priest, and he spake to the female keeping the door, and he brought in Peter.

These things spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to the heaven, and said--`Father, the hour hath come, glorify Thy Son, that Thy Son also may glorify Thee, — read the full passage →

Jesus said therefore again to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you--I am the door of the sheep;

Rehum counsellor, and Shimshai scribe have written a letter concerning Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king, thus: — read the full passage →

all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews, — read the full passage →

and, while men are sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel in the midst of the wheat, and went away,

And having called to him his twelve disciples, he gave to them power over unclean spirits, so as to be casting them out, and to be healing every sickness, and every malady. — read the full passage →

And these <FI>are<Fi> sons of the province who are going up--of the captives of the removal that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed to Babylon, and they turn back to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city-- — read the full passage →

And this <FI>is<Fi> their number: dishes of gold thirty, dishes of silver a thousand, knives nine and twenty, — read the full passage →

`Happy are those doing His commands that the authority shall be theirs unto the tree of the life, and by the gates they may enter into the city;

If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated, — read the full passage →

they were knowing him also that this it was who for a kindness was sitting at the Beautiful gate of the temple, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what hath happened to him.

Then said the maid keeping the door to Peter, `Art thou also of the disciples of this man?' he saith, `I am not;'

Jesus said therefore again to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you--I am the door of the sheep; — read the full passage →

`Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is not entering through the door to the fold of the sheep, but is going up from another side, that one is a thief and a robber; — read the full passage →

and there was a certain poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his porch, full of sores,

Lo, I am sending My messenger, And he hath prepared a way before Me, And suddenly come in unto his temple Doth the Lord whom ye are seeking, Even the messenger of the covenant, Whom ye are desiring, Lo, he is coming, said Jehovah of Hosts. — read the full passage →

Lo, I am sending My messenger, And he hath prepared a way before Me, And suddenly come in unto his temple Doth the Lord whom ye are seeking, Even the messenger of the covenant, Whom ye are desiring, Lo, he is coming, said Jehovah of Hosts.

In the year of the death of king Uzziah--I see the Lord, sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and His train is filling the temple. — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass, when the gates of Jerusalem have been dark before the sabbath, that I speak, and the doors are shut, and I say, that they do not open them till after the sabbath; and of my servants I have stationed at the gates; there doth not come in a burden on the sabbath-day.

And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and every one who hath been separated from the peoples of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every knowing intelligent one, — read the full passage →

And over those sealed <FI>are<Fi> Nehemiah the Tirshatha, son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah, — read the full passage →

and I say to them, `Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened till the heat of the sun, and while they are standing by let them shut the doors, and fasten, and appoint guards of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, each in his guard, and each over-against his house.'

And of the singers: Eliashib. And of the gatekeepers: Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.

`Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, a perfect scribe of the law of the God of heaven, and at such a time: — read the full passage →

And adversaries of Judah and Benjamin hear that the sons of the captivity are building a temple to Jehovah, God of Israel, — read the full passage →

Sons of the gatekeepers; sons of Shallum, sons of Ater, sons of Talmon, sons of Akkub, sons of Hatita, sons of Shobai, the whole <FI>are<Fi> a hundred thirty and nine. — read the full passage →