Portions for the Servants

44On that day men were appointed over the storerooms for the contributions, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions required by the law for the priests and for the Levites, for Judah rejoiced over the priests and over the Levites who were serving.

45And they kept the charge of their God and the charge of purification, and so did the singers and the gatekeepers, according to the command of David and Solomon his son.

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

47And all Israel, in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions for the singers and the gatekeepers, as each day required; and they set apart the consecrated portions for the Levites, and the Levites set apart the consecrated portions for the sons of Aaron.