2 Chronicles 23:4

New International Reader's Version

Here’s what I want you to do. A third of you priests and Levites who are going on duty on the Sabbath day must guard the doors.

Cross References

2 Kings 7:10

So they went. They called out to the people who were guarding the city gates. They told them, “We went into Aram’s army camp. No one was there. We didn’t hear anyone. The horses and donkeys were still tied up. The tents were left just as they were.”

1 Chronicles 23:28

The Levites had the duty of helping the members of Aaron’s family line. They helped them serve in the Lord’s temple. They were in charge of the courtyards and the side rooms. They made all the sacred things pure and “clean.” They also had other duties at the house of God.

1 Chronicles 9:25

From time to time, their relatives in their villages had to come to help them. They had to share their duties for a week at a time.

2 Chronicles 23:5

A third of you must guard the royal palace. And a third of you must guard the Foundation Gate. All the other men must guard the courtyards of the Lord’s temple.