GOD'S WORD® Translation
They would spend the night stationed around God's temple because they had to guard it and open it every morning.

American Standard Version
And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge thereof was upon them; and to them pertained the opening thereof morning by morning.

Berean Study Bible
They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding it and opening it every morning.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they abode in their watches round about the temple of the Lord: that when it was time, they might open the gates in the morning.

English Revised Version
And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge thereof was upon them, and to them pertained the opening thereof morning by morning.

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

World English Bible
They lodged around the house of God, because that duty was on them; and to them pertained its opening morning by morning.

Young's Literal Translation
and round about the house of God they lodge, for on them is the watch, and they are over the opening, even morning by morning.

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