And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.
And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.
And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadi´ah, the Levites, of the sons of Mera´ri; and Zechari´ah and Meshul´lam, of the sons of the Ko´hathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of music.