Nehemiah 11:23 Parallel Translations

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

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

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

BBE:

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

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

For there was a commandment from the king concerning them, and a sure ordinance concerning the singers, as every day required.

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

for the command of the king is upon them, and support is for the singers, a matter of a day in its day.

Nehemiah 11:23 Cross References

XREF:

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)

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

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.

CONC:

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

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