SUPPORT OF THE LEVITES’ MINISTRY

44 On that same day men were placed in charge of the roomsj that housed the supplies, contributions, firstfruits, and tenths.k The legally required portions for the priests and Levitesl were gathered from the village fields, because Judah was grateful to the priests and Levites who were serving.m 45 They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers,n as David and his son Solomon had prescribed.o 46 For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph,p there were headsA of the singers and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.q 47 So in the days of Zerubbabelr and Nehemiah,s all Israel contributed the daily portionst for the singers and gatekeepers. They also set aside daily portions for the Levites, and the Levites set aside daily portionsu for Aaron’s descendants.