Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 428 [e] לְ֠אֵלֶּה lə-’êl-leh Among these [were] Prep-l | Pro-cp 4256 [e] מַחְלְק֨וֹת maḥ-lə-qō-wṯ the divisions N-fpc 7778 [e] הַשֹּֽׁעֲרִ֜ים haš-šō-‘ă-rîm of the gatekeepers Art | N-mp 7218 [e] לְרָאשֵׁ֧י lə-rā-šê among chief Prep-l | N-mpc 1397 [e] הַגְּבָרִ֛ים hag-gə-ḇā-rîm the men Art | N-mp 4931 [e] מִשְׁמָר֖וֹת miš-mā-rō-wṯ [having] duties N-fp 5980 [e] לְעֻמַּ֣ת lə-‘um-maṯ just like Prep-l 251 [e] אֲחֵיהֶ֑ם ’ă-ḥê-hem; their brothers N-mpc | 3mp 8334 [e] לְשָׁרֵ֖ת lə-šā-rêṯ to serve Prep-l | V-Piel-Inf 1004 [e] בְּבֵ֥ית bə-ḇêṯ in the house Prep-b | N-msc 3068 [e] יְהוָֽה׃ Yah-weh. of Yahweh N-proper-ms

New American Standard Bible
To these divisions of the gatekeepers, the chief men, were given duties like their relatives to minister in the house of the LORD.

King James Bible
Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
These divisions of the gatekeepers, under their leading men, had duties for ministering in the LORD's temple, just as their brothers did.

wards That is, classes against each other. Ward formerly signified a class or division: we still apply the term to the different apartments in hospitals, and to the more extensive districts into which the city of London is divided.

1 Chronicles 25:8 And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, …

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