The third army commander, assigned the third month, was Benaiah son of Jehoiada the priest. He was the leader of his division, which consisted of 24,000 men.

Another third of you will be stationed at the Foundation ¹  Gate. Still another third of you will be stationed at the gate behind the royal guard. ²  You will take turns guarding the palace. ³ 

On the third day Eliab son of Helon, leader of the Zebulunites, presented an offering. ¹ 

Children of the third generation born to them ¹  may enter the assembly of the Lord.

In the third year King Jehoshaphat of Judah came down to visit ¹  the king of Israel.

The sons of his brother Eshek: Ulam was his firstborn, Jeush second, and Eliphelet third.

The sons of Hebron: ¹  Jeriah, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

Meshelemiah’s sons: The firstborn Zechariah, the second Jediael, the third Zebadiah, the fourth Jathniel,

The first daughter he named Jemimah, ¹  the second Keziah, ²  and the third Keren-Happuch. ³ 

So ¹  he sent still a third. They even wounded this one, and threw him out.

It will happen in all the land, says the Lord, that two-thirds of the people ¹  in it will be cut off and die, but one-third will be left in it. ² 

The second married her and died without any children, and likewise the third.

Another third of you will be stationed at the royal palace and still another third at the Foundation Gate. All the others ¹  will stand in the courtyards of the Lord’s temple.

Then ¹  when the Lamb opened the third seal I heard the third living creature saying, “Come!” So ²  I looked, ³  and here came ⁴  a black horse! The ⁵  one who rode it ⁶  had a balance scale ⁷  in his hand.

Then ¹  the third angel blew his trumpet, and a huge star burning like a torch fell from the sky; ²  it landed ³  on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.

David then sent out the army – a third under the leadership of Joab, a third under the leadership of Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under the leadership of Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the troops, “I too will indeed march out with you.”

A third of your people will die of plague or be overcome by the famine within you. ¹  A third of your people will fall by the sword surrounding you, ²  and a third I will scatter to the winds. I will unleash a sword behind them.

Burn a third of it in the fire inside the city when the days of your siege are completed. Take a third and slash it with a sword all around the city. Scatter a third to the wind, and I will unleash a sword behind them.

On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do as I say ¹  and you will live, ²  for I fear God. ³ 

but the leftovers from the meat of the sacrifice must be burned up in the fire ¹  on the third day.