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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/nehemiah/11.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/nehemiah/11.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />The musicians were under the king&#8217s orders, which regulated their daily activity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/nehemiah/11.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Their daily responsibilities were carried out according to the terms of a royal command.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/nehemiah/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For there was a command from the king concerning them, and a fixed provision for the singers, as every day required.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/nehemiah/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For there was a command from the king concerning the singers, an ordinance regulating their daily activities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/nehemiah/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For <i>it was</i> the king's commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/nehemiah/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For <i>it was</i> the king’s command concerning them that a certain portion should be for the singers, a quota day by day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/nehemiah/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For <i>there was</i> a commandment from the king concerning them and a royal command for the singers day by day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/nehemiah/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For there was a commandment from the king concerning them and a firm regulation for the song leaders day by day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/nehemiah/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For <i>there was</i> a commandment from the king concerning them and a firm regulation for the song leaders day by day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/nehemiah/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For <i>there was</i> a commandment from the king concerning them and a firm regulation for the song leaders day by day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/nehemiah/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For <i>there was</i> a command from the [Persian] king regarding the singers, <i>as to their</i> daily task.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/nehemiah/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />There was, in fact, a command of the king regarding them, and an ordinance regulating the singers’ daily tasks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/nehemiah/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />There was, in fact, a command of the king regarding them, and an ordinance regulating the singers&#8217 daily tasks. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/nehemiah/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For there was a commandment from the king concerning them, and a settled provision for the singers, as every day required.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/nehemiah/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />though the daily choice of music and musicians was decided by royal decree of the Persian king. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/nehemiah/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For there was a commandment from the king concerning them, and a settled provision for the singers, as every day required.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/nehemiah/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They were under orders from the king, orders that determined which duties they should perform day by day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/nehemiah/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />There were royal regulations stating how the clans should take turns in leading the Temple music each day. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/nehemiah/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They were subject to the commands of the king, who provided for the singers daily. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/nehemiah/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For there was a command from the king concerning the singers, an ordinance regulating their daily activities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/nehemiah/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For they were under royal orders which determined their activity day by day. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/nehemiah/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For there was a commandment from the king concerning them, and a settled provision for the singers, as every day required.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/nehemiah/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For it was the king's commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/nehemiah/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For there was a commandment from the king concerning them, and a settled provision for the singers, as every day required. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/nehemiah/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />for the command of the king [is] on them, and support [is] for the singers, a matter of a day in its day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/nehemiah/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> for the command of the king is upon them, and support is for the singers, a matter of a day in its day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/nehemiah/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For the king's command concerning them a surety for those singing the word of a day in its day.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/nehemiah/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For the king's commandment was concerning them, and an order among the singing men day by day. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/nehemiah/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />In fact, there was a precept of the king about them, and an order among the singing men, throughout each day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/nehemiah/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />for they had been appointed by royal decree, and there was a fixed schedule for the singers assigning them their daily duties.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/nehemiah/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For there was a command from the king concerning them, and a settled provision for the singers, as was required every day.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/nehemiah/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For there was a commandment from the king concerning them and a decree concerning the singers daily.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/nehemiah/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because of the commandment of the King upon them, and the truth was determined on the Ministers, every day by day.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/nehemiah/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For there was a commandment from the king concerning them, and a sure ordinance concerning the singers, as every day required.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/nehemiah/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For so was the king's commandment concerning them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/nehemiah/11-23.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZsQrw7rBvgc?start=3321" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/nehemiah/11.htm">Residents Outside Jerusalem</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">22</span>Now the overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. He was one of Asaph’s descendants, who were the singers in charge of the service of the house of God. <span class="reftext">23</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/4687.htm" title="4687: miṣ·waṯ (N-fsc) -- Commandment. From tsavah; a command, whether human or divine.">there was a command</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: ham·me·leḵ (Art:: N-ms) -- King. From malak; a king.">from the king</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ă·lê·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">concerning the singers,</a> <a href="/hebrew/548.htm" title="548: wa·’ă·mā·nāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- Faith, support. Feminine of 'amen; something fixed, i.e. A covenant. An allowance.">an ordinance</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">regulating</a> <a href="/hebrew/7891.htm" title="7891: ham·šō·rə·rîm (Art:: V-Piel-Prtcpl-mp) -- To sing. Or shuwr; a primitive root; to sing.">their</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yō·wm (N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">daily</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bə·yō·w·mōw (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: də·ḇar- (N-msc) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">activities.</a> </span><span class="reftext">24</span>Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, a descendant of Zerah son of Judah, was the king’s agent in every matter concerning the people.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/9-33.htm">1 Chronicles 9:33</a></span><br />Those who were musicians, the heads of Levite families, stayed in the temple chambers and were exempt from other duties because they were on duty day and night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/8-14.htm">2 Chronicles 8:14</a></span><br />In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/25-1.htm">1 Chronicles 25:1</a></span><br />Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-30.htm">1 Chronicles 23:30-31</a></span><br />They were also to stand every morning to give thanks and praise to the LORD, and likewise in the evening. / Whenever burnt offerings were presented to the LORD on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, they were to serve regularly before the LORD in the numbers prescribed for them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/16-4.htm">1 Chronicles 16:4-6</a></span><br />David appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to celebrate, to give thanks, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel. / Asaph was the chief, Zechariah was second, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel. They were to play the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals / and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blew the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/31-2.htm">2 Chronicles 31:2</a></span><br />Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for singing praises at the gates of the LORD’s dwelling.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/6-31.htm">1 Chronicles 6:31-32</a></span><br />These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there. / They ministered with song before the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem. And they performed their duties according to the regulations given them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/9-22.htm">1 Chronicles 9:22</a></span><br />The number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their positions of trust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-25.htm">2 Chronicles 29:25-30</a></span><br />Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command had come from the LORD through His prophets. / The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets. / And Hezekiah ordered that the burnt offering be sacrificed on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD and the trumpets began as well, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-5.htm">1 Chronicles 23:5</a></span><br />4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/15-16.htm">1 Chronicles 15:16-22</a></span><br />David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals. / So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his brothers, Asaph son of Berechiah; from their brothers the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah; / and with them their brothers next in rank: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/25-6.htm">1 Chronicles 25:6-7</a></span><br />All these were under the direction of their fathers for the music of the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the direction of the king. / Together with their relatives, who were all trained and skillful in the songs of the LORD, they numbered 288.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/16-37.htm">1 Chronicles 16:37-42</a></span><br />So David left Asaph and his associates there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to minister there regularly according to the daily requirements, / along with Obed-edom and his sixty-eight relatives. Obed-edom son of Jeduthun, and also Hosah, were to be gatekeepers. / And David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-28.htm">1 Chronicles 23:28-32</a></span><br />but their duty was to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, being responsible for the courts and chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God, / as well as for the rows of the showbread, the fine flour for the grain offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the baking, the mixing, and all measurements of quantity and size. / They were also to stand every morning to give thanks and praise to the LORD, and likewise in the evening. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/9-26.htm">1 Chronicles 9:26-27</a></span><br />But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God. / They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding it and opening it every morning.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For it was the king's commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.</p><p class="hdg">the king's.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/9-33.htm">1 Chronicles 9:33</a></b></br> And these <i>are</i> the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, <i>who remaining</i> in the chambers <i>were</i> free: for they were employed in <i>that</i> work day and night.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezra/6-8.htm">Ezra 6:8,9</a></b></br> Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, <i>even</i> of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expences be given unto these men, that they be not hindered… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezra/7-20.htm">Ezra 7:20-24</a></b></br> And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow <i>it</i> out of the king's treasure house… </p><p class="hdg">a certain portion.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/29-35.htm">Amount</a> <a href="/nehemiah/11-9.htm">Command</a> <a href="/ezra/10-3.htm">Commandment</a> <a href="/nehemiah/8-18.htm">Daily</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/31-4.htm">Due</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-38.htm">Firm</a> <a href="/nehemiah/6-6.htm">King's</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-14.htm">Leaders</a> <a href="/nehemiah/6-13.htm">Matter</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-73.htm">Music-Makers</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-29.htm">Order</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-34.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/nehemiah/8-18.htm">Ordinance</a> <a href="/nehemiah/3-30.htm">Portion</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-1.htm">Provision</a> <a href="/ezra/3-4.htm">Regular</a> <a href="/romans/8-4.htm">Regulated</a> <a href="/exodus/15-25.htm">Regulation</a> <a href="/nehemiah/5-18.htm">Required</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-73.htm">Settled</a> <a href="/nehemiah/11-22.htm">Singers</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-25.htm">Song</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-21.htm">Support</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-38.htm">Sure</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/esther/4-7.htm">Amount</a> <a href="/nehemiah/12-45.htm">Command</a> <a href="/nehemiah/12-24.htm">Commandment</a> <a href="/nehemiah/12-47.htm">Daily</a> <a href="/nehemiah/12-47.htm">Due</a> <a href="/job/2-9.htm">Firm</a> <a href="/nehemiah/11-24.htm">King's</a> <a href="/nehemiah/12-7.htm">Leaders</a> <a href="/nehemiah/11-24.htm">Matter</a> <a href="/nehemiah/12-8.htm">Music-Makers</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-9.htm">Order</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-9.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/psalms/81-4.htm">Ordinance</a> <a href="/nehemiah/12-47.htm">Portion</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-31.htm">Provision</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-30.htm">Regular</a> <a href="/romans/8-4.htm">Regulated</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-16.htm">Regulation</a> <a href="/nehemiah/12-47.htm">Required</a> <a href="/nehemiah/11-36.htm">Settled</a> <a href="/nehemiah/12-28.htm">Singers</a> <a href="/nehemiah/12-36.htm">Song</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-10.htm">Support</a> <a href="/job/24-22.htm">Sure</a><div class="vheading2">Nehemiah 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/nehemiah/11-1.htm">The rulers, voluntary men, and the tenth man chosen by lot, dwell at Jerusalem.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/nehemiah/11-3.htm">A catalogue of their names.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/nehemiah/11-20.htm">Those who remain dwell in other cities.</a></span><br></div></div><div 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data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/nehemiah/11.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/nehemiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/nehemiah/11.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For there was a command from the king</b><br>This phrase indicates a royal decree, suggesting the importance of the singers' role in the community. The king referred to here is likely Artaxerxes I of Persia, under whose reign Nehemiah served as cupbearer and later governor of Judah. This highlights the Persian influence and support in the restoration of Jerusalem, as seen in Ezra and Nehemiah. The king's command underscores the political and administrative structure that allowed the Jewish community to reestablish their religious practices.<p><b>concerning the singers</b><br>The singers were Levites assigned to lead worship in the temple, a role established by King David (1 Chronicles 25). Their inclusion in the king's command emphasizes the importance of worship and music in Jewish religious life. The singers' duties were not only ceremonial but also spiritual, as they helped maintain the community's focus on God. This reflects the broader biblical theme of worship as central to the life of God's people, seen in Psalms and Revelation.<p><b>an ordinance regulating their daily activities</b><br>This ordinance ensured the singers' needs were met, allowing them to focus on their spiritual duties without distraction. It reflects the organized and systematic approach to temple worship, reminiscent of the detailed instructions given for the tabernacle and temple services in the Torah. The daily activities of the singers were crucial for maintaining the rhythm of worship, paralleling the daily sacrifices and prayers. This regulation can be seen as a type of Christ, who is our eternal High Priest, continually interceding for us (<a href="/hebrews/7-25.htm">Hebrews 7:25</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/n/nehemiah.htm">Nehemiah</a></b><br>A Jewish leader who played a crucial role in rebuilding Jerusalem's walls and reforming the community after the Babylonian exile.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_king.htm">The King</a></b><br>Likely referring to Artaxerxes I of Persia, who supported Nehemiah's mission to rebuild Jerusalem.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_singers.htm">The Singers</a></b><br>Levites assigned to lead worship and music in the temple, playing a vital role in the spiritual life of the community.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city central to Jewish identity and worship, undergoing restoration during Nehemiah's time.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_command/regulation.htm">The Command/Regulation</a></b><br>A decree ensuring the provision and support for the temple singers, highlighting the importance of worship in the community.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_worship.htm">The Importance of Worship</a></b><br>Worship is central to the life of God's people. The provision for singers underscores the priority of worship in maintaining a vibrant spiritual community.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_through_authority.htm">God's Provision through Authority</a></b><br>God can use secular authorities to fulfill His purposes, as seen in the king's command supporting the temple singers.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_service.htm">Faithfulness in Service</a></b><br>The singers had a daily duty, reminding us of the importance of consistency and dedication in our service to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_support_for_ministry.htm">Community Support for Ministry</a></b><br>Just as the community supported the singers, modern churches should ensure that those who lead worship and ministry are adequately supported.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_music_in_spiritual_life.htm">The Role of Music in Spiritual Life</a></b><br>Music and singing are powerful tools for worship and teaching, helping to embed spiritual truths in the hearts of believers.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_nehemiah_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Nehemiah 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_zechariah_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Zechariah in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_levites_in_2_chr_23_8.htm">What evidence supports the existence of the Levites and captains mentioned in 2 Chronicles 23:8, and how do we reconcile any lack of external records?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_2_chron._23_1-7_and_2_kings_11_differ.htm">Why do the details in 2 Chronicles 23:1-7 differ from the parallel account in 2 Kings 11, suggesting possible biblical inconsistencies?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_solomon's_pagan_altars.htm">1 Kings 11:7 - Is there any archaeological evidence of the pagan altars and high places that Solomon supposedly built?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/nehemiah/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(23) <span class= "bld">The king's commandment.</span>--It seems that Artaxerxes had gone beyond the exemption of <a href="/ezra/7-24.htm" title="Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, on them.">Ezra 7:24</a>, and given them a daily allowance, which it was the business of Uzzi to see to.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/nehemiah/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 23.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For it was the king's commandment concerning them</span>. Artaxerxes, it appears, had assigned a certain stipend from the royal revenue for the support of such Levites as were singers, and this stipend had to be paid to them day by day. It is suggested as the grounds for this special favour - <p><span class="Text_Heading">1.</span> That the Levites engaged in the choral service were regarded as those especially who prayed "for the life of the king and of his sons" (<a href="/ezra/6-10.htm">Ezra 6:10</a>); and, <p><span class="Text_Heading">2.</span> That the singing Levites who returned from Babylon, being so few in number (128), had to be constantly on duty in the temple, and so needed a regular daily stipend. The <span class="accented">nexus</span> of this verse with the preceding one imp!ice that the payment in question was an important part of the internal business of the house committed to Uzzi. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/nehemiah/11-23.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[there was] a command</span><br /><span class="heb">מִצְוַ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(miṣ·waṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4687.htm">Strong's 4687: </a> </span><span class="str2">Commandment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the king</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(ham·me·leḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">concerning [the singers],</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·lê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">an ordinance</span><br /><span class="heb">וַאֲמָנָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(wa·’ă·mā·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_548.htm">Strong's 548: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something fixed, a covenant, an allowance</span><br /><br /><span class="word">regulating</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[their]</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(ham·šō·rə·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7891.htm">Strong's 7891: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sing</span><br /><br /><span class="word">daily</span><br /><span class="heb">י֥וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">activities.</span><br /><span class="heb">דְּבַר־</span> <span class="translit">(də·ḇar-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> </span><span class="str2">A word, a matter, thing, a cause</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/nehemiah/11-23.htm">Nehemiah 11:23 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/nehemiah/11-23.htm">Nehemiah 11:23 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/nehemiah/11-23.htm">Nehemiah 11:23 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/nehemiah/11-23.htm">Nehemiah 11:23 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/nehemiah/11-23.htm">Nehemiah 11:23 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/nehemiah/11-23.htm">Nehemiah 11:23 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/nehemiah/11-23.htm">Nehemiah 11:23 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/nehemiah/11-23.htm">Nehemiah 11:23 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/nehemiah/11-23.htm">Nehemiah 11:23 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/nehemiah/11-23.htm">Nehemiah 11:23 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/nehemiah/11-23.htm">OT History: Nehemiah 11:23 For there was a commandment (Neh Ne) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/nehemiah/11-22.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Nehemiah 11:22"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 11:22" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/nehemiah/11-24.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Nehemiah 11:24"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Nehemiah 11:24" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>