Nehemiah 12:43-45

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁴³ They appointed also in that day men over the storehouses of the treasure, for the libations, and for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, that the rulers of the city might bring them in by them in honour of thanksgiving, for the priests and Levites: for Juda was joyful in the priests and Levites that assisted.

⁴⁴ And they kept the watch of their God, and the observance of expiation, and the singing men, and the porters, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

⁴⁵ For in the days of David and Asaph from the beginning there were chief singers appointed, to praise with canticles, and give thanks to God.