Verse 4

This is the thing{H1697} that ye shall do:{H6213} a third part{H7992} of you, that come in{H935} on the sabbath,{H7676} of the priests{H3548} and of the Levites,{H3881} shall be porters{H7778} of the thresholds;{H5592}

Referenced Verses

• 1 Chr 9:25 : 25 And their brethren,{H251} in their villages,{H2691} were to come{H935} in every seven{H7651} days{H3117} from time{H6256} to time{H6256} to be with them:
• 1 Chr 23:3-6 : 3 And the Levites{H3881} were numbered{H5608} from thirty{H7970} years{H1121} old and upward:{H4605} and their number{H4557} by their polls,{H1538} man{H1397} by man,{H1397} was thirty{H7970} and eight{H8083} thousand.{H505} 4 Of these,{H428} twenty{H6242} and four{H702} thousand{H505} were to oversee{H5329} the work{H4399} of the house{H1004} of Jehovah;{H3068} and six{H8337} thousand{H505} were officers{H7860} and judges;{H8199} 5 and four{H702} thousand{H505} were doorkeepers;{H7778} and four{H702} thousand{H505} praised{H1984} Jehovah{H3068} with the instruments{H3627} which I made,{H6213} [said David], to praise{H1984} therewith. 6 And David{H1732} divided{H2505} them into courses{H4256} according to the sons{H1121} of Levi:{H3878} Gershon,{H1648} Kohath,{H6955} and Merari.{H4847}
• 1 Chr 24:3-6 : 3 And David{H1732} with Zadok{H6659} of the sons{H1121} of Eleazar,{H499} and Ahimelech{H288} of the sons{H1121} of Ithamar,{H385} divided{H2505} them according to their ordering{H6486} in their service.{H5656} 4 And there were more{H7227} chief{H7218} men{H1397} found{H4672} of the sons{H1121} of Eleazar{H499} than of the sons{H1121} of Ithamar;{H385} and [thus] were they divided:{H2505} of the sons{H1121} of Eleazar{H499} there were sixteen,{H8337} heads{H7218} of fathers'{H1} houses;{H1004} and of the sons{H1121} of Ithamar,{H385} according to their fathers'{H1} houses,{H1004} eight.{H8083} 5 Thus were they divided{H2505} by lot,{H1486} one sort{H428} with another;{H428} for there were princes{H8269} of the sanctuary,{H6944} and princes{H8269} of God,{H430} both of the sons{H1121} of Eleazar,{H499} and of the sons{H1121} of Ithamar.{H385} 6 And Shemaiah{H8098} the son{H1121} of Nethanel{H5417} the scribe,{H5608} who was of the Levites,{H3881} wrote{H3789} them in the presence{H6440} of the king,{H4428} and the princes,{H8269} and Zadok{H6659} the priest,{H3548} and Ahimelech{H288} the son{H1121} of Abiathar,{H54} and the heads{H7218} of the fathers'{H1} [houses] of the priests{H3548} and of the Levites;{H3881} one{H259} fathers'{H1} house{H1004} being taken{H270} for Eleazar,{H499} and one taken{H270} for Ithamar.{H385}
• 1 Chr 26:13-16 : 13 And they cast{H5307} lots,{H1486} as well the small{H6996} as the great,{H1419} according to their fathers'{H1} houses,{H1004} for every gate.{H8179} 14 And the lot{H1486} eastward{H4217} fell{H5307} to Shelemiah.{H8018} Then for Zechariah{H2148} his son,{H1121} a discreet{H7922} counsellor,{H3289} they cast{H5307} lots;{H1486} and his lot{H1486} came out{H3318} northward.{H6828} 15 To Obed-edom{H5654} southward;{H5045} and to his sons{H1121} the {H624} store-house.{H1004} 16 To Shuppim{H8206} and Hosah{H2621} westward,{H4628} by the gate{H8179} of Shallecheth,{H7996} at the causeway{H4546} that goeth up,{H5927} watch{H4929} against{H5980} watch.{H4929}
• Luke 1:8-9 : 8 Now{G1161} it came to pass,{G1096} while{G1722} he{G846} executed the priest's office{G2407} before{G1725} God{G2316} in{G1722} the order{G5010} of his{G846} course,{G2183} 9 according to{G2596} the custom{G1485} of the priest's office,{G2405} his lot was{G2975} to enter{G1525} into{G1519} the temple{G3485} of the Lord{G2962} and burn incense.{G2370}