OLD TESTAMENT

Nehemiah 11:23

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

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Verse 23. King’s. David’s, (Calmet. 12:24,) or perhaps the Persian monarch, who had appointed a maintenance for the priests, &chapter 1 Ezra 6 and 7. Calmet.—Order. Hebrew “that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.” Prot.

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