Parallel Verses
Amplified
This is what you shall do: a third of you, of the priests and Levites who are resuming service on the Sabbath, shall be gatekeepers,
New American Standard Bible
This is the thing which you shall do: one third of you, of the priests and Levites
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;
Holman Bible
This is what you are to do: a third of you, priests and Levites who are coming on duty on the Sabbath,
International Standard Version
"Look! The king's son is going to rule, just as the LORD promised David's descendants. So here's what you'll need to do: One third of you priests and descendants of Levi who are on duty during the Sabbath will serve as guards at the temple gates.
A Conservative Version
This is the thing that ye shall do: A third part of you who come in on the Sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the thresholds,
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;
Bible in Basic English
This is what you are to do: let a third of you, of the priests and Levites, who come in on the Sabbath, keep the doors
Darby Translation
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;
Julia Smith Translation
This the word which ye shall do; the third of you coming in the Sabbath to the priests and to the Levites, to the gates of the thresholds;
King James 2000
This is the thing that you shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be gatekeepers of the doors;
Lexham Expanded Bible
This is the thing that you must do: one third of you priests and Levites {coming off duty on the Sabbath} [shall be] gatekeepers at the entrances
Modern King James verseion
This is the thing that you shall do. A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be keepers of the doors.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
This it is therefore that ye shall do. The third part of you priests and Levites which come in the Sabbath day, shall keep the doors;
NET Bible
This is what you must do. One third of you priests and Levites who are on duty during the Sabbath will guard the doors.
New Heart English Bible
This is the thing that you shall do. A third part of you, who come in on the Sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be gatekeepers of the thresholds.
The Emphasized Bible
This, is the thing that ye shall do, - A third of you entering on the sabbath, both of the priests and of the Levites, as doorkeepers of the porch;
Webster
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;
World English Bible
This is the thing that you shall do. A third part of you, who come in on the Sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the thresholds.
Youngs 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,
Themes
Gates » Of the temple » Levites the porters of
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 23:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Joash Is Made King
3 Then all the assembly made a covenant in the house of God with the king [that is, with the child Joash, to overthrow Athaliah by proclaiming his sovereignty]. And Jehoiada [the priest] said to them, “Behold, the king’s son [Joash] shall reign, as the Lord has said in regard to the sons of David. 4 This is what you shall do: a third of you, of the priests and Levites who are resuming service on the Sabbath, shall be gatekeepers, 5 a [second] third shall be at the king’s house (palace), and a [final] third at the Gate of the Foundation; and all the people shall be in the courtyards of the house of the Lord.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 9:25
Their relatives in their villages were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them;
1 Chronicles 23:3-6
The Levites thirty years old and upward were counted, and their number man by man was 38,000.
1 Chronicles 24:3-6
David, with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to their offices for their assigned duties.
1 Chronicles 26:13-16
They cast lots, the small (younger) and great (older) alike, in accordance with their fathers’ households, for every gate.
Luke 1:8-9
Now it happened while Zacharias was serving as priest before God in the appointed order of his priestly division,