2 Chronicles 23:4New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “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,
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— 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;
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— 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;
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— 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;
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— 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;
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— 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;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— 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;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— '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,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And this is the thing that you shall do:
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— This is it that ye shal do, The third part of you that come on the Sabbath of the Priests, and the Leuites, shalbe porters of the doores.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— This [is] the thing that yee shall doe, A third part of you entring on the Sabbath, of the priests and of the Leuites, [shalbe] porters of the doores.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— This 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;
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— 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;
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— This [is] the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Lewiyyim, [shall be] porters of the doors; |
This
x2088 (2088) Complementזֶהzeh{zeh}
A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.
[ is] the thing
1697 {1697} Primeדָּבָרdabar{daw-baw'}
From H1696; a word; by implication a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially a cause.
that
x834 (0834) Complementאֲשֶׁר'asher{ash-er'}
A primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as adverb and conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
ye shall do;
6213 {6213} Primeעָשָׂה`asah{aw-saw'}
A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
A third part
7992 {7992} Primeשְׁלִישִׁיsh@liyshiy{shel-ee-shee'}
Ordinal from H7969; third; feminine a third (part); by extension a third (day, year or time); specifically a third story cell).
of
x4480 (4480) Complementמִןmin{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
you entering
935 {0935} Primeבּוֹאbow'{bo}
A primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications).
z8802 <8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Active (See H8814) Count - 5386
on the sabbath,
7676 {7676} Primeשַׁבָּתshabbath{shab-bawth'}
Intensive from H7673; intermission, that is, (specifically) the Sabbath.
of the priests
3548 {3548} Primeכֹּהֵןkohen{ko-hane'}
Active participle of H3547; literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman).
and of the
Læwiyyim
לְוִיִּם,
3881 {3881} PrimeלֵוִיִיLeviyiy{lay-vee-ee'}
Patronymic from H3878; a Leviite or descendant of Levi.
[ shall be] porters
7778 {7778} Primeשׁוֹעֵרshow`er{sho-are'}
Active participle of H8176 (as denominative from H8179); a janitor.
of the doors;
5592 {5592} Primeסַףcaph{saf}
From H5605, in its original sense of containing; a vestibule (as a limit); also a dish (for holding blood or wine). |
2 Chronicles 23:4-9
_ _ This is the thing that ye shall do — The arrangements made for defense are here described. The people were divided into three bodies; one attended as guards to the king, while the other two were posted at all the doors and gates, and the captains and military officers who entered the temple unarmed to lull suspicion, were furnished with weapons out of the sacred armory, where David had deposited his trophies of victory and which was reopened on this occasion. |
- 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. ... And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, [namely], Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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. ... And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, [one] of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and [before] the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and [one] taken for Ithamar.
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, ... According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
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- 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. ... To Shuppim and Hosah [the lot came forth] westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.
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