Nehemiah 11:23

New International Reader's Version

The musicians received their orders from the Persian king. He told them what they should do every day.

Cross References

2 Kings 25:30

The king did that for Jehoiachin day by day as long as he lived.

1 Chronicles 9:33

Those who led the music lived in rooms in the temple. They were the leaders of their Levite families. Their only duty was to lead the music. They had to do that work day and night.

Nehemiah 12:47

So now in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah, all the people of Israel brought their gifts. They gave the musicians and the men who guarded the gates what they were supposed to give them every day. They also set apart the shares for the other Levites. And the Levites set apart the shares for the priests in the family line of Aaron.