2 Chronicles 23:6 - Exposition

But let none come … save the priests . Through this little chink we get some light confirmatory of the concurrent jurisdiction of the account in the parallel The express caution of this clause shows that there were others about, and others officiating, beside the Levites, who only have been mentioned hitherto in our text, except under the most generic designation (as before, so again in last clause of this verse) of "all the people." The last clause of this verse may cover the contents of 2 Chronicles 23:7 in the parallel. The distinction between "the courts of the house of the Lord" ( 2 Chronicles 23:5 ), and "the house of the Lord" ( 2 Chronicles 23:6 ) is, of course, quite apparent.