⁴⁴ On that day ^(A)men were also appointed over the chambers for the stores, the contributions, the first fruits, and the tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions required by the law for the priests and Levites; for Judah was glad over the priests and Levites who stood to minister. ⁴⁵ And they kept their responsibility given by their God and the responsibility of cleansing, together with the singers and the gatekeepers, ^(B)according to the commandment of David and his son Solomon. ⁴⁶ For in the days of David and ^(C)Asaph, in ancient times, there were ^[a](D)chiefs of the singers, songs of praise and hymns of thanksgiving to God. ⁴⁷ So all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah were giving the portions due the singers and the gatekeepers ^(E)as each day required, and ^(F)set apart the holy portion for the Levites, and the Levites set apart the holy portion for the sons of Aaron.