Provisions for Temple Worship

Men are appointed over the storerooms, the portions required by the law are gathered with gladness, and priests, Levites, singers, and gatekeepers carry out their service according to older patterns from David and Solomon. In the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah, all Israel provides the daily portions that keep this worshiping order alive.

A⁴⁴nd on that same day men were appointed over the rooms that housed the supplies, contributions, firstfruits, and tithes. The portions specified by the Law for the priests and Levites were gathered into these storerooms from the fields of the villages, because Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who were serving. ⁴⁵They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, as David and his son Solomon had prescribed. ⁴⁶For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there were directors for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanksgiving to God. ⁴⁷So in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the daily portions for the singers and gatekeepers. They also set aside daily portions for the Levites, and the Levites set aside daily portions for the descendants of Aaron.