Verse (Click for Chapter) 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 Living Translation This is what you must do. When you priests and Levites come on duty on the Sabbath, a third of you will serve as gatekeepers. English 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, Berean Standard Bible This is what you are to do: A third of you priests and Levites who come on duty on the Sabbath shall keep watch at the doors, King James Bible 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 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; New American Standard Bible This is the thing which you shall do: a third of you, of the priests and Levites who come in on the Sabbath, shall be gatekeepers, NASB 1995 “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, NASB 1977 “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, Legacy 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 at the thresholds, Amplified Bible 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, Christian Standard Bible This is what you are to do: a third of you, priests and Levites who are coming on duty on the Sabbath, are to be gatekeepers. Holman Christian Standard Bible This is what you are to do: a third of you, priests and Levites who are coming on duty on the Sabbath, are to be gatekeepers. 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; 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, English Revised 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 doors; GOD'S WORD® Translation This is what you must do: One third of you, the priests and Levites who are on duty on the day of worship, must guard the gates. Good News Translation 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, International Standard Version 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. Majority Standard Bible This is what you are to do: A third of you priests and Levites who come on duty on the Sabbath shall keep watch at 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. Webster's Bible Translation 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 must 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThis [is] the thing that you do: the third of you, going in on the Sabbath, of the priests, and of the Levites, [are] for gatekeepers of the thresholds, 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, Smith's Literal 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; Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd this is the thing that you shall do: Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, this is the word that you shall do: New American Bible This is what you must do: a third of your number, both priests and Levites, who come on duty on the sabbath must guard the thresholds, New Revised Standard Version This is what you are to do: one-third of you, priests and Levites, who come on duty on the sabbath, shall be gatekeepers, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThis is the thing that you shall do: a third part of you who enter the temple on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites and of the porters shall be on guard; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated This is the thing that you shall do: a division of you in the going in of the Sabbath, of the Priests and of the Levites, and of the Guards of the doors OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917This 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 doors; Brenton Septuagint Translation Now this is the thing which ye shall do. Let a third part of you, even of the priests and of the Levites, enter in on the sabbath, even into the gates of the entrances; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Joash Anointed King in Judah…3the whole assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. “Behold, the king’s son!” said Jehoiada. “He must reign, just as the LORD promised concerning the descendants of David. 4This is what you are to do: A third of you priests and Levites who come on duty on the Sabbath shall keep watch at the doors, 5a third shall be at the royal palace, and a third at the Foundation Gate, while all the others are in the courtyards of the house of the LORD.… Cross References 2 Kings 11:5-8 and commanded them, “This is what you are to do: A third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath shall guard the royal palace, / a third shall be at the gate of Sur, and a third at the gate behind the guards. You are to take turns guarding the temple— / the two divisions that would go off duty on the Sabbath are to guard the house of the LORD for the king. ... 1 Kings 1:38-40 Then Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, went down and set Solomon on King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon. / Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ram’s horn, and all the people proclaimed, “Long live King Solomon!” / All the people followed him, playing flutes and rejoicing with such a great joy that the earth was split by the sound. 2 Samuel 15:10 Then Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’” 1 Chronicles 9:25 Their relatives came from their villages at fixed times to serve with them for seven-day periods. 1 Chronicles 23:32 So the Levites were to carry out the responsibilities for the Tent of Meeting and the Holy Place, and, under their brothers the descendants of Aaron, the service of the house of the LORD. 1 Chronicles 24:5 Thus they were divided by lot, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both Eleazar’s and Ithamar’s descendants. 1 Chronicles 25:8 They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil. 1 Chronicles 26:13 They cast lots for each gate, according to their families, young and old alike. 1 Chronicles 27:1 This is the list of the Israelites—the heads of families, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in every matter concerning the divisions on rotating military duty each month throughout the year. There were 24,000 men in each division: 2 Chronicles 8:14 In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God. 2 Chronicles 35:15 The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. And the gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave their posts, because their fellow Levites made preparations for them. Nehemiah 11:19 And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men. Matthew 26:47 While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and elders of the people. Mark 14:43 While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests, scribes, and elders. Luke 22:47 While He was still speaking, a crowd arrived, led by the man called Judas, one of the Twelve. He approached Jesus to kiss Him. Treasury of Scripture 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 porters of the doors; entering 1 Chronicles 23:3-6 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand… 1 Chronicles 24:3-6 And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service… Luke 1:8,9 And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course, … porters 1 Chronicles 26:13-16 And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate… doors [heb] thresholds Jump to Previous Doors Duty Entering Gatekeepers Keepers Levites Part Porters Priests Sabbath Third Thresholds WatchJump to Next Doors Duty Entering Gatekeepers Keepers Levites Part Porters Priests Sabbath Third Thresholds Watch2 Chronicles 23 1. Jehoiada, having set things in order, makes joash king12. Athaliah is slain 16. Jehoiada restores the worship of God This is what you are to do This phrase sets a directive tone, indicating a clear command or instruction. In the context of 2 Chronicles, this is a pivotal moment where Jehoiada the priest is orchestrating a plan to protect the young king Joash and overthrow the usurper queen Athaliah. The Hebrew root for "do" (עָשָׂה, asah) often implies not just action, but purposeful and divinely guided action, underscoring the importance of following God's ordained plan. A third of you priests and Levites who are coming on duty on the Sabbath are to keep watch at the doors A third.--The third. So 2Chronicles 23:5. "The third of you who come in on the Sabbath" is read also in 2Kings 11:5. The chronicler has added the explanatory words: "belonging to the priests and to the Levites." This can hardly be harmonised with 2Kings 12:4-12 - The chronicler may have misunderstood the words, which in the older account designate the royal guard; and it might have appeared to him impossible that any but members of the sacred orders would be called together in the Temple by the high priest. (Comp. 2Chronicles 23:5-6 with 2Kings 11:4 : "brought them into the house of the Lord.") But he may also have had before him an account in which the part taken by the sacerdotal caste in the revolution was made much more of than m the account of Kings. Moreover the priests and Levites would be likely to play a considerable part in a movement tending to the overthrow of a cultus antagonistic to their own, especially when that movement originated with their own spiritual head, and was transacted in the sanctuary to which they were attached. The chronicler, therefore, cannot with fairness be accused of "arbitrary alterations," unless it be presupposed that his sole authority in writing this account was the Second Book of Kings. The priests and Levites used to do duty in the Temple from Sabbath to Sabbath, so that one course relieved another at the end of each week. (See 1 Chronicles 24; Luke 1:5.) That the companies of the royal guards succeeded each other on duty in the same fashion is clear from the parallel narrative. . . . Verse 4. - The first thing that is to be observed is the distinct and repeated mention of the Levites, as those on whom the critical and onerous service that came of Jehoiada's resolution was devolved, while the parallel does not so much as mention them. It may next be noted that our first and second verses state the part that "the captains of hundreds" were called to perform in collecting the requisite number of Levites from the provincial cities of Judah. And once more it may be noted that whereas, while we abide close by our own text alone, nothing in the description of our vers. 4-10 occasions material difficulty, even when the perplexity, which is considerable, does enter, on consulting and endeavouring to reconcile the parallel, it is with extreme probability due to our not making sufficient allowance for the fact that the matter of the two accounts does not so much offer itself for reconciliation as for concurrent acceptance. We have now to follow the description of our own text. Of you entering on the sabbath; i.e. of you who enter on your period of duty on such a sabbath. See ver. 8, the "men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath." This alludes, as the next clause definitely says, to the weekly courses of the Levites, as described in 1 Chronicles 9:25; 1 Chronicles 24; 1 Chronicles 25. - the incoming and outgoing companies. Porters of the doors; i.e. "keepers of the doors of the temple" (1 Chronicles 9:19). This may correspond with the middle clause of ver. 6 in the parallel.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Thisזֶ֥ה (zeh) Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that is what אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that you are to do: תַּעֲשׂ֑וּ (ta·‘ă·śū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 6213: To do, make A third הַשְּׁלִשִׁ֨ית (haš·šə·li·šîṯ) Article | Number - ordinal feminine singular Strong's 7992: Third, feminine a, third, a third, a third-story cell) of you מִכֶּ֜ם (mik·kem) Preposition | second person masculine plural Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of priests לַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ (lak·kō·hă·nîm) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3548: Priest and Levites וְלַלְוִיִּ֔ם (wə·lal·wî·yim) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine plural Strong's 3881: Levites -- descendant of Levi who come on duty בָּאֵ֣י (bā·’ê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go on the Sabbath הַשַּׁבָּ֗ת (haš·šab·bāṯ) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 7676: Intermission, the Sabbath shall keep watch לְשֹֽׁעֲרֵ֖י (lə·šō·‘ă·rê) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 7778: A gatekeeper at the doors, הַסִּפִּֽים׃ (has·sip·pîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 5592: A vestibule, a dish Links 2 Chronicles 23:4 NIV2 Chronicles 23:4 NLT 2 Chronicles 23:4 ESV 2 Chronicles 23:4 NASB 2 Chronicles 23:4 KJV 2 Chronicles 23:4 BibleApps.com 2 Chronicles 23:4 Biblia Paralela 2 Chronicles 23:4 Chinese Bible 2 Chronicles 23:4 French Bible 2 Chronicles 23:4 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Chronicles 23:4 This is the thing that you shall (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) |
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