2 Chronicles 23:4

4 Now this is what you must do: A third of you priests and Levites who come on duty on the Sabbath are to be posted as security guards at the gates

2 Chronicles 23:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 23:4

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 23:1).

2 Chronicles 23:4 In-Context

2 They dispersed throughout Judah and called in the Levites from all the towns in Judah along with the heads of families. They met in Jerusalem.

3 The gathering met in The Temple of God. They made a covenant there in The Temple.

4 Now this is what you must do: A third of you priests and Levites who come on duty on the Sabbath are to be posted as security guards at the gates

5 another third will guard the palace; and the other third will guard the foundation gate. All the people will gather in the courtyards of The Temple of God.

6 No one may enter The Temple of God except the priests and designated Levites - they are permitted in because they've been consecrated, but all the people must do the work assigned them.