44. On that day were men appointed over the rooms for the treasures, for the wave 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 who waited.

45. They performed the duty of their God, and the duty of the purification, and so did the singers and the gatekeepers, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

46. For in the days of David and Asaph of old there was a chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

47. All Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the gatekeepers, as every day required; and they set apart that which was for the LEVITES; and the LEVITES set apart that which was for the sons of Aaron.