2 Chronicles 23:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall come in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But let none come into the [main] house of the Lord except the priests and those of the Levites who minister; they may go in, for they are holy, but let all the rest of the people carefully observe the law against entering the holy place of the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

But let none come into the house of Jehovah, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall come in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the charge of Jehovah.

Common English Bible

Don’t enter the LORD’s temple, because only the priests or Levites on duty can do that. They are allowed to enter because they are holy, but the rest of the people must follow the LORD’s requirements.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Let no one else enter into the house of the Lord, except the priests, and those from the Levites who are ministering. These alone may enter, for they have been sanctified. And let all the remainder of the common people observe the watches of the Lord.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And let no one come into the house of the Lord, but the priests, and they that minister of the Levites. Let them only come in, because they are sanctified: and let all the rest of the people keep the watches of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 23:6 Cross References

2 Chronicles 23:5

and a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 23:7

And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever cometh into the house, let him be slain: and be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.