Verse 5

He commanded them, saying, 'This is what you will do: A third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath shall guard the king's house.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Deretter gav han dem denne befalingen: «Dette skal dere gjøre: En tredjedel av dere som holder vakt på sabbaten, skal passe på kongens hus;

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Han befalte dem: Dette skal dere gjøre: En tredjedel av dere, som kommer inn på sabbaten, skal være vakt over kongens hus.

• Norsk King James

  Og han befalte dem og sa: Dette er det som dere skal gjøre: En tredjedel av dere som går inn på sabbaten, skal være vaktmenn ved kongens hus.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han sa til dem: Dette er hva dere skal gjøre: En tredjedel av dere som går på vakt på sabbaten, skal holde vakt ved kongens palass.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Han befalte dem: "Dette er hva dere skal gjøre: En tredjedel av dere som kommer på vakt på sabbaten, skal holde vakt over kongens hus.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Og han befalte dem: Dette skal dere gjøre; en tredjedel av dere som går inn på sabbaten skal bevokte kongens hus.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Han befalte dem og sa: Dette skal dere gjøre: En tredjedel av dere, de som trer inn på sabbaten, skal være voktere av kongens hus.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Og han befalte dem: Dette skal dere gjøre; en tredjedel av dere som går inn på sabbaten skal bevokte kongens hus.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Han befalte dem og sa: «Dette er det dere skal gjøre: En tredjedel av dere som går inn på sabbaten, skal holde vakt ved kongens hus.»

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He gave them instructions, saying, 'This is what you must do: A third of you who are on duty on the Sabbath are to guard the royal palace—

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Han befalte dem og sa: "Dette er det dere skal gjøre: En tredjedel av dere som trer inn på sabbaten, skal holde vakt ved kongens hus.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og han bød dem og sagde: Dette er den Gjerning, som I skulle gjøre: Den tredie Part af eder, som gaae ind om Sabbaten, og som tage vare paa Varetægten, de skulle være for Kongens Huus.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house;

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Han befalte dem og sa: Dette er hva dere skal gjøre; en tredjedel av dere som går inn på sabbaten, skal holde vakt ved kongens hus.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Han befalte dem og sa: Dette skal dere gjøre: En tredjedel av dere, som kommer inn på sabbaten, skal være vakter ved kongens hus.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han befaler dem og sier: «Dette skal dere gjøre: En tredjedel av dere som går på vakt på sabbaten skal være voktere av kongens hus,

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og han befalte dem: Dette skal dere gjøre: En tredjedel av dere, de som kommer inn på sabbaten, skal vokte kongens hus.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Han ga dem ordre og sa: Slik skal dere gjøre: En tredjedel av dere som kommer inn på sabbaten, skal holde vakt ved kongens hus.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and comaunded them, and sayde: This is it that ye shall do: One thirde parte of you which enter on the Sabbath, shall kepe the watch in the kynges house,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And he commanded them, saying, This is it that ye must doe, The third part of you, that commeth on the Sabbath, shall warde towarde the Kings house:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And he commaunded them, saying, This is it that ye must do: One third part of you, whose duetie is to come in on the Sabbath day, shall keepe the watch of the kinges house:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And he commanded them, saying, This [is] the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He commanded them, saying, This is the thing that you shall do: a third part of you, who come in on the Sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king's house;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and commandeth them, saying, `This `is' the thing that ye do; The third of you `are' going in on the sabbath, and keepers of the charge of the house of the king,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do: a third part of you, that come in on the sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king's house;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And he gave them orders, saying, This is what you are to do: the third part of you, who come in on the Sabbath and keep the watch of the king's house,

• World English Bible (2000)

  He commanded them, saying, "This is the thing that you shall do: a third part of you, who come in on the Sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king's house;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He ordered them,“This is what you must do. One third of the unit that is on duty during the Sabbath will guard the royal palace.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Chr 9:25 : 25 Their brethren in their villages were to come with them from time to time for seven days.
• 1 Chr 23:3-6 : 3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their count by head, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand. 4 Of which, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges: 5 Moreover, four thousand were gatekeepers; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise with them. 6 And David divided them into divisions among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
• 1 Chr 23:32 : 32 And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brothers, in the service of the house of the LORD.
• 1 Chr 24:3-6 : 3 And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service. 4 And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar, and thus they were divided: Among the sons of Eleazar, there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers. 5 Thus, they were divided by lot, one group with another, for the leaders of the sanctuary and the leaders of the house of God were of the sons of Eleazar and of the sons of Ithamar. 6 And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them down before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chiefs of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar and one taken for Ithamar.
• Jer 26:10 : 10 When the princes of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king's house to the house of the LORD, and sat down in the entry of the new gate of the LORD's house.
• Ezek 44:2-3 : 2 Then the LORD said to me, This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter through it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered by it, therefore it shall be shut. 3 It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the same way.
• Ezek 46:2-3 : 2 And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate from outside, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go out; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening. 3 Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the LORD on the Sabbaths and in the new moons.
• Luke 1:8-9 : 8 It came to pass, while he was serving as priest before God in the order of his division, 9 According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
• 1 Kgs 10:5 : 5 And the food of his table, and the seating of his servants, and the service of his officials, and their clothing, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up to the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.
• 2 Kgs 11:19 : 19 He took the commanders over hundreds, the captains, the guard, and all the people of the land, and brought the king down from the house of the LORD; they came by way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
• 2 Kgs 16:18 : 18 He also removed the sabbath canopy they had built in the house, and the king's outer entry, from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria.