Nehemiah 12:44-47
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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
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44 On that day men were appointed over the chambers for the stores, the contributions, the first fruits, and the tithes, to gather into them the portions required by the law for the priests and for the Levites from the fields belonging to the towns, for Judah rejoiced over the priests and the Levites who ministered.(A) 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.(B) 46 For in the days of David and Asaph long ago there was a leader of the singers, and there were songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.(C) 47 In the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah all Israel gave the daily portions for the singers and the gatekeepers. They set apart that which was for the Levites, and the Levites set apart that which was for the descendants of Aaron.(D)
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