So allIsraelin the daysof Zerubbabeland Nehemiahgavethe portionsdue the singersand the gatekeepersas eachdayrequired,and setapartthe consecrated[portion] for the Levites,and the Levitessetapartthe consecrated[portion] for the sonsof Aaron.
and for his allowance,a regularallowancewas givenhim by the king,a portionfor eachday,allthe daysof his life.
So they cameand calledto the gatekeepersof the city,and they toldthem, saying,"We cameto the campof the Arameans,and behold,therewas noonethere,northe voiceof man,onlythe horsestiedand the donkeystied,and the tentsjustas they were."
Thesecamewith Zerubbabel,Jeshua,Nehemiah,Seraiah,Reelaiah,Mordecai,Bilshan,Mispar,Bigvai,Rehum[and] Baanah.The numberof the menof the peopleof Israel:
For [there was] a commandmentfrom the kingconcerningthem and a firmregulationfor the songleadersdayby day.
Now theseare the priestsand the Leviteswhocameup with Zerubbabelthe sonof Shealtiel,and Jeshua:Seraiah,Jeremiah,Ezra,
Now in the daysof Joiakim,the priests,the headsof fathers'[households] were: of Seraiah,Meraiah;of Jeremiah,Hananiah;
These[served] in the daysof Joiakimthe sonof Jeshua,the sonof Jozadak,and in the daysof Nehemiahthe governorand of Ezrathe priest[and] scribe.
The one who is taughtthe wordis to shareallgood thingswith the one who teaches[him].
"They shall eatequalportions,except[what they receive] from the saleof their fathers'[estates].
