Nehemiah 11:23
“For it was the kings commandement concerning them, that a certaine portion should be for the singers, due for euery day.”
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Nehemiah 11:23 Context
21But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha, and Gispa were ouer the Nethinims. 22The ouerseer also of the Leuites at Ierusalem, was Uzzi the sonne of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the sonne of Mattaniah, the sonne of Micha: Of the sonnes of Asaph, the singers were ouer the businesse of the house of God. 23For it was the kings commandement concerning them, that a certaine portion should be for the singers, due for euery day. 24And Pethahiah the sonne of Meshezabel, of the children of Zerah the sonne of Iudah, was at the kings hand in all matters concerning the people. 25And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Iudah dwelt at Kiriath-arba, and in the villages thereof; and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Iekabzeel, and in the villages thereof:
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For [it was] the king's commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.
- King James Version
For {there was} a commandment from the king concerning them and a firm regulation for the song leaders day by day.
- New American Standard Version (1995)