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.

7 And the Levites shall surround the king on all sides, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whoever comes into the house, let him be put to death. You are to be with the king when he comes in and when he goes out.”

8 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded. And each man took his men who were to be on duty on the Sabbath, with those who were going off duty on the Sabbath; for Jehoiada the priest had not dismissed ^athe divisions.

9 And Jehoiada the priest gave to the captains of hundreds the spears and the large and small ^ashields which had belonged to King David, that were in the temple of God.

10 Then he set all the people, every man with his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and by the temple, all around the king.

Verse Comparison: 2 Chronicles 23:4

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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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