Nehemiah 12:44-47
Christian Standard Bible
Support of the Levites’ Ministry
44 On that same day men were placed in charge of the rooms(A) that housed the supplies, contributions, firstfruits, and tenths.(B) The legally required portions for the priests and Levites(C) were gathered from the village fields, because Judah was grateful to the priests and Levites who were serving.(D) 45 They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers,(E) as David and his son Solomon had prescribed.(F) 46 For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph,(G) there were heads[a] of the singers and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.(H) 47 So in the days of Zerubbabel(I) and Nehemiah,(J) all Israel contributed the daily portions(K) for the singers and gatekeepers. They also set aside daily portions for the Levites, and the Levites set aside daily portions(L) for Aaron’s descendants.
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- 12:46 Alt Hb tradition reads there was a head
Nehemiah 12:44-47
Common English Bible
44 On that day, people were appointed over the rooms for the things to be stored, the contributions, the early produce, and the tenth-part gifts. They were to gather into them the portions required by the Instruction for the priests and for the Levites from the fields belonging to the towns, for the people of Judah were delighted with the ministry of the priests and the Levites.
45 They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, as did the singers and the gatekeepers, according to the command of David and his son Solomon.
46 Long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there was a leader of the singers, and there were songs of praise and thanks to God.
47 In the days of Zerubbabel and of Nehemiah all Israel gave the daily portions for the singers and the gatekeepers. They also set aside the portion for the Levites, and the Levites set aside the portion for the Aaronites.
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