Nehemiah 11:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

For it was the king's command concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.

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  • Ezra 6:8-9 : 8 Moreover I make a decree as to what you shall do for the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that from the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, expenses be given to these men, so that they are not hindered. 9 And whatever they need—young bulls, rams, and lambs for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests who are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail:
  • Ezra 7:20-24 : 20 And whatever more shall be needed for the house of your God, which you shall have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure house. 21 And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers who are beyond the river, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily, 22 Up to one hundred talents of silver, and to one hundred measures of wheat, and to one hundred baths of wine, and to one hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much. 23 Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons? 24 Also we certify you, that concerning any of the priests and Levites, singers, gatekeepers, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.
  • Neh 12:47 : 47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the gatekeepers, every day his portion; and they consecrated holy things to the Levites, and the Levites consecrated them to the children of Aaron.
  • 1 Chr 9:33 : 33 These are the singers, ancestors of the Levites, who stayed in the chambers and were exempt from other duties because they were employed in that work day and night.

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  • Neh 12:44-47
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    44 At that time some were appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions required by the Law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites who ministered.

    45 Both the singers and the gatekeepers kept the charge of their God, and the charge of purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

    46 For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were leaders of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

    47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the gatekeepers, every day his portion; and they consecrated holy things to the Levites, and the Levites consecrated them to the children of Aaron.

  • 2 Chr 35:15
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    15 And the singers, the sons of Asaph, were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun, the king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate. They could not depart from their service, because their brethren the Levites prepared for them.

  • Neh 11:22
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    22 The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house of God.

  • 2 Chr 8:14-15
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    14 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their tasks, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so David the man of God had commanded.

    15 And they did not depart from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.

  • 1 Chr 25:1
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    1 Moreover, David and the captains of the army set apart for service the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, psalteries, and cymbals: and the number of the workers according to their service was:

  • 1 Chr 9:33
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    33 These are the singers, ancestors of the Levites, who stayed in the chambers and were exempt from other duties because they were employed in that work day and night.

  • Neh 13:5
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    5 and he had prepared for him a large room, where previously they had stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil, which were commanded to be given to the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers, as well as the offerings for the priests.

  • Ezra 7:23
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    23 Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?

  • 2 Chr 24:11
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    11 Now it came to pass, that when the chest was brought to the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.

  • Neh 13:10
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    10 I also realized that the portions for the Levites had not been given to them, so the Levites and the singers, who did the work, had each fled to his field.

  • 2 Chr 31:3-4
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    3 He also appointed the king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, namely, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the Sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD.

    4 Moreover, he commanded the people who dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD.

  • Ezra 6:8-9
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    8 Moreover I make a decree as to what you shall do for the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that from the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, expenses be given to these men, so that they are not hindered.

    9 And whatever they need—young bulls, rams, and lambs for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests who are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail:

  • 1 Chr 25:6
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    6 All these were under the direction of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.

  • 1 Chr 16:37
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    37 So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brothers, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required.

  • 2 Kgs 25:30
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    30 And his allowance was a continual allowance given him by the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.

  • 2 Chr 29:25
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    25 And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet, for so was the commandment of the LORD by His prophets.

  • 2 Chr 35:10
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    10 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their divisions, according to the king's commandment.

  • 2 Kgs 11:5
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    5 He commanded them, saying, 'This is what you will do: A third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath shall guard the king's house.

  • Neh 11:24
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    24 And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people.

  • 2 Chr 31:16
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    16 Besides their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even to everyone who entered into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their divisions;

  • 1 Chr 9:27-28
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    27 They stayed around the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and they had the duty of opening it every morning.

    28 Some of them were in charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by count.

  • 2 Chr 23:18
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    18 Also Jehoiada appointed the officers of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had assigned in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and singing, as was ordained by David.

  • 2 Kgs 12:11
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    11 They gave the money, after it had been counted, into the hands of those who did the work and had oversight of the house of the LORD. They paid it to the carpenters and builders, who worked on the house of the LORD,

  • 2 Chr 5:12
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    12 Also the Levites who were the singers, all of them being Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and lyres and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them one hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:

  • 2 Chr 34:11-12
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    11 Even to the craftsmen and builders they gave it, to buy hewn stone, timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.

    12 And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all who were skilled in instruments of music.

  • 2 Chr 31:13
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    13 And Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the command of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.

  • Neh 11:3
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    3 Now these are the chiefs of the province who lived in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah everyone lived in his own possession, in their cities, namely, Israel, the priests, the Levites, the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants.

  • 2 Chr 23:4
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    4 This is what you shall do: A third part of you entering on the Sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be gatekeepers of the doors;

  • Neh 11:16
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    16 And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.

  • Neh 12:27
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    27 At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to celebrate the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and with harps.

  • 1 Chr 16:4
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    4 And he appointed certain Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:

  • Neh 12:24
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    24 And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren opposite them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, group by group.

  • 1 Chr 23:4
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    4 Of which, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:

  • 1 Chr 15:16
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    16 And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding by lifting up the voice with joy.

  • 1 Chr 6:32
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    32 And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem; and then they waited on their office according to their order.

  • Neh 12:42
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    42 Also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. The singers sang loudly with Jezrahiah as their leader.

  • 1 Chr 23:28
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    28 Because their duty was to assist the sons of Aaron in the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purification of all holy things, and in the work of the service of the house of God;

  • 1 Chr 28:13
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    13 Also for the divisions of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the articles of service in the house of the LORD.

  • 2 Kgs 11:9
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    9 The captains over the hundreds did everything Jehoiada the priest ordered, and each took his men who were coming on duty on the Sabbath, with those who were going off duty on the Sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

  • Ezra 7:20
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    20 And whatever more shall be needed for the house of your God, which you shall have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure house.

  • 1 Chr 23:6
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    6 And David divided them into divisions among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

  • Ezra 3:10
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    10 And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, according to the ordinance of David king of Israel.

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