Nehemiah 12:45
What does Nehemiah 12:45 mean?
A plain-English look at Nehemiah 12:45 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And they kept the charge of their God, and the charge of the purification, and so did the singers and the porters, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And they kept the charge of their God, and the charge of the purification, and so did the singers and the porters, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And they kept the watch of their God, and were responsible for making things clean, and so did the music-makers and the door-keepers, as it was ordered by David and Solomon his son.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the singers and the gatekeepers keep the charge of their God, even the charge of the cleansing--according to the command of David <FI>and<Fi> Solomon his son,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For in the days of David and Asaph from the beginning there were chief singers appointed, to praise with canticles, and give thanks to God.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And, with the singers and the doorkeepers, they kept the ward of theirGod, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David [and] of Solomon his son.
Context
v.44And on that day were men appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the heave-offerings, for the first-fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them, according to the fields of the cities, the portions appointed by the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.
v.45This passage
v.46For in the days of David and Asaph of old there was a chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Chronicles 25:1
Moreover David and the captains of the host set apart for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of them that did the work according to their service was:
- 2 Chronicles 23:6
But let none come into the house of Jehovah, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall come in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the charge of Jehovah.
- 1 Chronicles 23:28
For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of Jehovah, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God;
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