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On that daymen were also appointedover the chambers for the stores, the contributions, the firstfruits and the tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions required by the law for the priests and Levites; for Judahrejoicedover the priests and Levites who served.
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For they performed the worship of their God and the service of purification, together with the singers and the gatekeepers in accordance with the command of David and of his sonSolomon.
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So allIsrael in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiahgave the portions due the singers and the gatekeepers as eachdayrequired, and setapart the consecrated portion for the Levites, and the Levitessetapart the consecrated portion for the sons of Aaron.