⁴ And he commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give ^(A)the portion due to the priests and the Levites, that they might give themselves to the Law of the Lord.

Service at the Temple

^44 (A)On that day men were appointed over the storerooms, the contributions, the firstfruits, and the tithes, to gather into them the portions required by the Law for the priests and for the Levites according to the fields of the towns, for Judah rejoiced over the priests and the Levites who ministered.

⁴⁷ And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah gave the ^(A)daily portions for the singers and the gatekeepers; ^(B)and they set apart that which was for the Levites; ^(C)and the Levites set apart that which was for the sons of Aaron.

¹⁰ I also found out that ^(A)the portions of the Levites had not been given to them, so that the Levites and the singers, who did the work, had fled each ^(B)to his field.