Nehemiah 12 The Temple Service

 Nehemiah 12

The Temple Service

44 On that day men were appointed over the chambers for the treasuries, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them from the land of the cities the portions assigned by the law for the priests and the Levites, for Judah rejoiced because of the priests and the Levites who served there.

45 They kept the service of their God and the service of purification, as did the singers and the gatekeepers, according to the commandment of David and Solomon his son.

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

47 Therefore all Israel, even in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and gatekeepers to each one on his day, and they sanctified the portions for the Levites, and the Levites sanctified them for the sons of Aaron.