--- title: "Provisions for Temple Worship" description: "And on that same day men were appointed over the rooms that housed the supplies,..." image: "" book: "Nehemiah" bookId: "NEH" testament: "old" startChapter: 12 startVerse: 44 endChapter: 12 endVerse: 47 coversChapters: [12] aiTitle: "Provisions for Temple Worship" aiDescription: "And on that same day men were appointed over the rooms that housed the supplies,..." hasAiStory: true location: "" persons: ["Asaph","David","Levites","Nehemiah","Priests","Solomon","Zerubbabel"] hashtags: ["faith","generosity","stewardship"] genre: "history" readingTime: 1 type: "adaptive" slug: "NEH/provisions-for-temple-worship" canonicalId: "NEH.12.44-12.47" chronologicalOrder: 1270 relatedSlugs: [] prevSlug: "NEH/the-dedication-of-the-wall" nextSlug: "NEH/the-peoples-failure-and-nehemiahs-correction" --- And 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](/persons/priests) and [Levites](/persons/levites) were gathered into these storerooms from the fields of the villages, because Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who were serving. They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, as [David](/persons/david) and his son [Solomon](/persons/solomon) had prescribed. For long ago, in the days of David and [Asaph](/persons/asaph), there were directors for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanksgiving to God. So in the days of [Zerubbabel](/persons/zerubbabel) and [Nehemiah](/persons/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.

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