Nehemiah 11:23 The singers were under the king's orders, which regulated their daily activity.

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New International Version (©1984)
The singers were under the king's orders, which regulated their daily activity.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Their daily responsibilities were carried out according to the terms of a royal command.

English Standard Version (©2001)
For there was a command from the king concerning them, and a fixed provision for the singers, as every day required.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
For there was a commandment from the king concerning them and a firm regulation for the song leaders day by day.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
They were under orders from the king, orders that determined which duties they should perform day by day.

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

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

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

Bible in Basic English
For there was an order from the king about them and a regular amount for the music-makers, for their needs day by day.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For the king's commandment was concerning them, and an order among the singing men day by day.

Darby Bible Translation
For it was the king's commandment concerning them, and there was a settled portion for the singers, due for each day.

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

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
for the command of the king is upon them, and support is for the singers, a matter of a day in its day.

Geneva Study Bible

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

King James Translators' Notes

a certain...: or, a sure ordinance

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

23. it was the king's commandment-It was the will of the Persian monarch in issuing his edict that the temple service should be revived in all its religious fulness and solemnity. As this special provision for the singers is said to have been by the king's commandment, the order was probably given at the request or suggestion of Ezra or Nehemiah.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

11:1-36 The distribution of the people. - In all ages, men have preferred their own ease and advantage to the public good. Even the professors of religion too commonly seek their own, and not the things of Christ. Few have had such attachment to holy things and holy places, as to renounce pleasure for their sake. Yet surely, our souls should delight to dwell where holy persons and opportunities of spiritual improvement most abound. If we have not this love to the city of our God, and to every thing that assists our communion with the Saviour, how shall we be willing to depart hence; to be absent from the body, that we may be present with the Lord? To the carnal-minded, the perfect holiness of the New Jerusalem would be still harder to bear than the holiness of God's church on earth. Let us seek first the favour of God, and his glory; let us study to be patient, contented, and useful in our several stations, and wait, with cheerful hope, for admission into the holy city of God.

Ezra 6:8 "Moreover, I issue a decree concerning what you are to do for these elders of Judah in the rebuilding of this house of God: the full cost is to be paid to these people from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces beyond the River, and that without delay.

Ezra 7:20 "The rest of the needs for the house of your God, for which you may have occasion to provide, provide for it from the royal treasury.

Nehemiah 12:47 So all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah gave the portions due the singers and the gatekeepers as each day required, and set apart the consecrated portion for the Levites, and the Levites set apart the consecrated portion for the sons of Aaron. (NASB ©1995)

Activity Amount Command Commandment Daily Due Firm King's Leaders Matter Music-makers Needs Order Orders Ordinance Portion Provision Regular Regulated Regulation Required Settled Singers Song Support Sure

Amount Command Commandment Daily Due Firm King's Leaders Matter Music-Makers Order Orders Ordinance Portion Provision Regular Regulated Regulation Required Settled Singers Song Support Sure

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

the king's. 1Ch 9:33 Ezr 6:8,9 7:20-24

a certain portion. or, a sure ordinance.

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