Nehemiah 11:23 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²³ For there was a commandment from the king concerning them, and a settled provision for the singers, as every day required.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ For it was the king's commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ For the [Persian] king had ordered concerning them that a certain provision be made for the singers, as each day required.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ For there was a commandment from the king concerning them, and a settled provision for the singers, as every day required.

Common English Bible

²³ There was a command from the king setting out the daily requirements of the singers.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ In fact, there was a precept of the king about them, and an order among the singing men, throughout each day.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ For the king's commandment was concerning them, and an order among the singing men day by day.

Nehemiah 11:23 Cross References

2 Kings 25:30

and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him of the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.

1 Chronicles 9:33

And these are the singers, heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, who dwelt in the chambers and were free from other service: for they were employed in their work day and night.

Nehemiah 12:47

And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, as every day required: and they sanctified for the Levites; and the Levites sanctified for the sons of Aaron.