2 Chronicles 23:4

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2 And they went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah, and the ^achief fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.

3 Then all the assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said to them, “Behold, the king’s son shall reign, as the Lord has ^asaid of the sons of David.

4 This is what you shall do: One-third of you ^aentering on the Sabbath, of the priests and the Levites, shall be keeping watch over the doors;

5 one-third shall be at the king’s house; and one-third at the Gate of the Foundation. All the people shall be in the courts of the house of the Lord.

6 But let no one come into the house of the Lord except the priests and ^athose of the Levites who serve. They may go in, for they are holy; but all the people shall keep the watch of the Lord.

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American Standard Version
This is the thing that ye shall do: a third part of you, that come in on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the thresholds;

Amplified® Bible
This is what you shall do: a third of you priests and Levites who are resuming service on the Sabbath shall be doorkeepers,

Contemporary English Version
Here is what we will do. Three groups of priests and Levites will be on guard duty on the Sabbath--one group will guard the gates of the temple,

Darby English Version
This is the thing which ye shall do: a third part of you that come in on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be keepers of the doors;

Good News Bible
This is what we will do. When the priests and Levites come on duty on the Sabbath, one third of them will guard the Temple gates,

King James Version
This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors;

New American Standard Bible
"This is the thing which you shall do: one third of you, of the priests and Levites who come in on the sabbath, {shall be} gatekeepers,

New International Version
Now this is what you are to do: A third of you priests and Levites who are going on duty on the Sabbath are to keep watch at the doors,

New King James Version
This is what you shall do: One-third of you entering on the Sabbath, of the priests and the Levites, shall be keeping watch over the doors;

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"This thing you shall do: one third of you, of the priests and Levites who come in on the sabbath, shall serve as gatekeepers,

Revised Standard Version
This is the thing that you shall do: of you priests and Levites who come off duty on the sabbath, one third shall be gatekeepers,

Young's Literal Translation
`This `is' the thing that ye do: The third of you, going in on the sabbath, of the priests, and of the Levites, `are' for gatekeepers of the thresholds,

New English Translation
This is what you must do. One third of you priests and Levites who are on duty during the Sabbath will guard the doors.

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