9:33 The musicians and Levite family leaders stayed in rooms at the sanctuary 3 and were exempt from other duties, for day and night they had to carry out their assigned tasks.
1 tn The Hebrew text reads “their tents,” apparently referring to those of the Hamites mentioned at the end of v. 40. Some prefer to emend the text to read, “the tents of Ham.”
2 tn Heb “and they lived in place of them.”
3 tn Heb “were in rooms.” The words “at the sanctuary” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
4 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the army) has been specified in the translation for clarity.