Nehemiah 12:44-47

Service at the Temple

44 ¹On that day men were appointed over the storerooms, the contributions, the firstfruits, and the tithes, to gather into them the portions required by the Law for the priests and for the Levites according to the fields of the towns, for Judah rejoiced over the priests and the Levites who ministered.

45 And they performed the service of their God and the service of purification, as did the singers and the gatekeepers, ²according to the command of David and his son Solomon.

46 For long ago in the days of David and ³Asaph there were directors of the singers, and there were songs^[a] of praise and thanksgiving to God.

47 And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah gave the ⁴daily portions for the singers and the gatekeepers; ⁵and they set apart that which was for the Levites; ⁶and the Levites set apart that which was for the sons of Aaron.

Nehemiah 12:44-47 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NEHEMIAH 12

This chapter gives an account of the chief of the priests and Levites in the days of Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Joiakim, Eliashib, and Nehemiah, Ne 12:1-26, of the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, and of the joy expressed on that occasion, Ne 12:27-43, and of the appointment of some persons over the treasuries for the priests, Levites, singers, and porters, Ne 12:44-47.

Cross References

• 1. Nehemiah 13:5, 12, 13; [2 Chronicles 31:11, 12]
• 2. See 1 Chronicles 25; 1 Chronicles 26
• 3. 1 Chronicles 25:1; 2 Chronicles 29:30
• 4. Nehemiah 11:23; 2 Chronicles 31:16
• 5. Numbers 18:21, 24
• 6. See Numbers 18:26-28

Footnotes

• [a]. Or leaders