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Faithful Family Service
The "porters" listed in this verse were the temple gatekeepers. Commentators note that several of these family names also appear in lists from before the exile, such as in 1 Chronicles 9:17. This shows a beautiful continuity of service, where families remained faithful to their sacred duties to God's house across generations, even through the disruption of the exile.
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Ezra
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Charles Ellicott
On Ezra 2:42
19th Century
Bishop
The children of the porters. —The porters, or gatekeepers, number six families, three of which appear in the old Jerusalem ([Refer…
John Gill
On Ezra 2:42
17th Century
Pastor
(See Gill on Ezra 2:41).
Matthew Henry
On Ezra 2:36–63
17th Century
Minister
Those who undervalue their relation to the Lord in times of reproach, persecution, or distress, will have no benefit from it when it becomes honour…