He commanded them, saying, “This is what you are to do: You who are in the three companies that are going on duty on the Sabbath(A)—a third of you guarding the royal palace,(B) a third at the Sur Gate, and a third at the gate behind the guard, who take turns guarding the temple—

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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;

And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.

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