5
And charged them, saying, This the thing which ye shall do.
6
Let a third part of you go in the sabbath-day, and keep ye the watch of the king's house in the porch; and another third in the gate of the high way, and a third at the gate behind the footmen; and keep ye the guard of the house.
7
And there two parties among you, even every one that goes out on the Sabbath, and they shall keep the guard of the Lord's house before the king.
8
And do ye compass the king about every man with his weapon in his hand, and he that goes into the ranges shall die: and they shall be with the king in his going out and in his coming in.
9
And the captains of hundreds did all things that the wise Jodae commanded; and they took each his men, both those that went in on the sabbath-day, and those that went out on the sabbath-day, and went in to Jodae the priest.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.