They and their children had the oversight Namely, in David's time. Of the tabernacle This is added to explain what he means by the house of the Lord: not that tabernacle which David had set up for the ark, but that more solemn tabernacle, which Moses had made by God's express command; which in David's time was at Gibeon; in which God was worshipped until the temple was built. By wards By turns or courses.
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1 Chronicles 9:23
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.