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44 On that day men were appointed over the storerooms for the contributions, firstfruits, and tithes, to gather into them from[a] the fields of the cities the portions prescribed by the law for the priests and the Levites, for the people of Judah[b] took delight in the priests and Levites who were ministering.[c] 45 They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, according to the commandment of David and[d] his son Solomon. 46 For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there had been directors[e] for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanks to God. 47 So in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah, all Israel was contributing the portions for the singers and gatekeepers, according to the daily need.[f] They also set aside[g] the portion for the Levites, and the Levites set aside the portion for the descendants of Aaron.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 12:44 tc The translation reads מִשְּׂדֵי (missede, “from the fields”) rather than the MT reading לִשְׂדֵי (lisde, “to the fields”).
  2. Nehemiah 12:44 tn Heb “for Judah.” The words “the people of” have been supplied in the translation for clarity, since “Judah” is a proper name as well as a place name.
  3. Nehemiah 12:44 tn Heb “standing.”
  4. Nehemiah 12:45 tc With many medieval Hebrew mss and the ancient versions the translation reads the conjunction (“and”). It is absent in the Leningrad ms that forms the textual basis for BHS.
  5. Nehemiah 12:46 tn Heb “heads.” The translation reads with the Qere the plural רֹאשֵׁי (roʾshe, “heads”) rather than the Kethib singular רֹאשׁ (roʾsh, “head”) of the MT.
  6. Nehemiah 12:47 tn Heb “a thing of a day in its day.”
  7. Nehemiah 12:47 tn Heb “were sanctifying.”

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 from the fields of the cities the portions required by the law for the priests and the Levites; for Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who served. 45 And they performed the worship of their God and the service of purification; so did the singers and gatekeepers, as David and his son Solomon had commanded. 46 For in the days of David and Asaph, in ancient times, there were leaders of singers, songs of praise and hymns of thanksgiving to God. 47 So in the days of Zerubbabel and [later of] Nehemiah, all Israel would give the daily portions for the singers and the gatekeepers; and they set apart the consecrated portion for the Levites, and the Levites set apart the consecrated portion for the sons of Aaron [the priests].

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