--- 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: ["Priests","Levites","Judah","David","Solomon","Asaph","Zerubbabel","Nehemiah","Israel","descendants of Aaron"] hashtags: ["generosity","stewardship","faith"] genre: "history" readingTime: 1 type: "adaptive" slug: "NEH/provisions-for-temple-worship" canonicalId: "NEH.12.44-12.47" chronologicalOrder: 1262 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](/persons/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](/persons/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](/persons/descendants%20of%20aaron).

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