Nehemiah 12:45
43 On that day they offered great sacrifices, rejoicing because God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar.
44 And on that same day men were appointed over the rooms that housed the supplies, contributions, firstfruits, and tithes. The portions specified by the Law for the priests and Levites were gathered into these storerooms from the fields of the villages, because Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who were serving.
They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, as David and his son Solomon had prescribed.
46 For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there were directors for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
47 So in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the daily portions for the singers and gatekeepers. They also set aside daily portions for the Levites, and the Levites set aside daily portions for the descendants of Aaron.
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- BSB
- They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, as David and his son Solomon had prescribed.
- KJV
- And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.
- WEB
- They performed the duty of their God and the duty of the purification, and so did the singers and the gatekeepers, according to the commandment of David and of Solomon his son.
- ASV
- And they kept the charge of their God, and the charge of the purification, and [so did] the singers and the porters, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.
- DARBY
- And, with the singers and the doorkeepers, they kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David [and] of Solomon his son.
- BLB
- and the singers and the gatekeepers, and they kept the service of their God and the service of the purification, according to the command of David [and] Solomon his son.
- ÅB
- Og de varetok hva det var å vareta for deres Gud, og hva det var å vareta ved renselsen; likeså varetok sangerne og dørvokterne sin tjeneste, slik som David og hans sønn Salomo hadde befalt.
- OTB
- De utførte tilbedelsen av sin Gud og renselsestjenesten, slik også sangerne og portvokterne gjorde, i henhold til Davids og hans sønn Salomos befaling.
- B1930
- Og de varetok hvad det var å vareta for deres Gud, og hvad det var å vareta ved renselsen; likeså varetok sangerne og dørvokterne sin tjeneste, således som David og hans sønn Salomo hadde befalt.
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Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Chronicles 25:1–26
Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:
Read in context2 Chronicles 23:6
No one is to enter the house of the LORD except the priests and those Levites who serve; they may enter because they are consecrated, but all the people are to obey the requirement of the LORD.
Read in context1 Chronicles 23:28
but their duty was to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, being responsible for the courts and chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God,
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