Nehemiah 11:23 BSB — MannaFest

Nehemiah 11:23

For there was a command from the king concerning the singers, an ordinance regulating their daily activities.

BSB

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ASV

For there was a commandment from the king concerning them, and a settled provision for the singers, as every day required.

KJV

For it was the king’s commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

For it was the king's commandment concerning them,.... Either of King David as some, see Neh 12:24 or rather of the king of Persia: that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day; he settled a daily salary for them, to be paid out of his treasury; having perhaps a peculiar respect for such sort of men, being a lover of music, by means of which they had a settled habitation in Jerusalem.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The goodwill of Artaxerxes toward the ministers employed in the temple service, had been previously shown by his exempting them from taxation of every kind Ezr 7:24. Now, it would seem, he had gone further and assigned to the singers an allowance from the royal revenue.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
מִצְוַ֥ת	mitz.Vat	[the] commandment of	H4687 →
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם	'a.lei.Hem	[was] on them	H5921 →
וַאֲמָנָ֥ה	va.'a.ma.Nah	and a firm ordinance	H548 →
עַל־	'al-	[was] on	H5921 →
הַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖ים	ham.sho.re.Rim	the singers	H7891 →
דְּבַר־	de.var-	[the] matter of	H1697 →
י֥וֹם	Yom	a day	H3117 →
בְּיוֹמֽוֹ׃	be.yo.Mo	in day its	H3117 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Chronicles 9:33
Those who were musicians, the heads of Levite families, stayed in the temple chambers and were exempt from other duties because they were on duty day and night.
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 6:31–33
  These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there.
- 1 Chronicles 16:4–6
  David appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to celebrate, to give thanks, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel.
- Psalms 134:1–2
  Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD!
- 1 Chronicles 25:1–31
  Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list…
- Psalms 135:1–3
  Hallelujah! Praise the name of the LORD. Give praise, O servants of the LORD,
Through
Nehemiah 12:47
So in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the daily portions for the singers and gatekeepers. They also set aside daily portions for the Levites, and the Levites set aside daily…
leads to
- Nehemiah 13:10–12
  I also learned that because the portions for the Levites had not been given to them, all the Levites and singers responsible for performing the service had gone back to their own fields.
- Nehemiah 12:1
  Now these are the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
- Nehemiah 10:35–39
  We will also bring the firstfruits of our land and of every fruit tree to the house of the LORD year by year.

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