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2 Chronicles 23:6

4 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,

5 a 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.

No one is to enter the house of the LORD except the priests and those Levites who serve; they may enter because they are consecrated, but all the people are to obey the requirement of the LORD.

7 The Levites must surround the king with weapons in hand, and anyone who enters the temple must be put to death. You must stay close to the king wherever he goes.”

8 So the Levites and all Judah did everything that Jehoiada the priest had ordered. Each of them took his men—those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty—for Jehoiada the priest had not released any of the divisions.

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BSB
No one is to enter the house of the LORD except the priests and those Levites who serve; they may enter because they are consecrated, but all the people are to obey the requirement of the LORD.
KJV
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.
WEB
But let no one come into the LORD’s house except the priests and those who minister of the Levites. They shall come in, for they are holy, but all the people shall follow the LORD’s instructions.
ASV
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.
DARBY
But let none come into the house of Jehovah except the priests and those of the Levites that do the service; they shall go in, for they are holy; but all the people shall keep the watch of Jehovah.
BLB
And let none come into the house of YHWH, except for the priests and those who serve from the Levites; they may go in, for they [are] holy. And all the people must keep the charge of YHWH.
ÅB
Men ingen må komme inn i Herrens hus uten prestene og de av levittene som gjør tjeneste; de kan gå inn, for de er hellige; men alle de andre av folket skal holde seg etter det Herren har foreskrevet.
OTB
Men ingen må gå inn i Herrens hus unntatt prestene og de tjenestegjørende levittene; de kan gå inn, for de er hellige. Og hele folket skal holde vakt for Herren.
B1930
Men ingen må komme inn i Herrens hus uten prestene og de av levittene som gjør tjeneste; de kan gå inn, for de er hellige; men alle de andre av folket skal holde sig efter det Herren har foreskrevet.

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Cross references

  • 1 Chronicles 23:28–32

    but their duty was to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, being responsible for the courts and chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God,

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  • 2 Kings 11:6–7

    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—

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