Now it came to pass, when the wall [02346] was built [01129], and I had set up [05975] the doors [01817], and the porters [07778] and the singers [07891] and the Levites [03881] were appointed [06485],
The porters [07778]: the children [01121] of Shallum [07967], the children [01121] of Ater [0333], the children [01121] of Talmon [02929], the children [01121] of Akkub [06126], the children [01121] of Hatita [02410], the children [01121] of Shobai [07630], an hundred [03967] thirty [07970] and eight [08083].
So the priests [03548], and the Levites [03881], and the porters [07778], and the singers [07891], and some of the people [05971], and the Nethinims [05411], and all Israel [03478], dwelt [03427] in their cities [05892]; and when the seventh [07637] month [02320] came [05060], the children [01121] of Israel [03478] were in their cities [05892].
And the rest [07605] of the people [05971], the priests [03548], the Levites [03881], the porters [07778], the singers [07891], the Nethinims [05411], and all they that had separated [0914] themselves from the people [05971] of the lands [0776] unto the law [08451] of God [0430], their wives [0802], their sons [01121], and their daughters [01323], every one having knowledge [03045], and having understanding [0995];
For the children [01121] of Israel [03478] and the children [01121] of Levi [03878] shall bring [0935] the offering [08641] of the corn [01715], of the new wine [08492], and the oil [03323], unto the chambers [03957], where are the vessels [03627] of the sanctuary [04720], and the priests [03548] that minister [08334], and the porters [07778], and the singers [07891]: and we will not forsake [05800] the house [01004] of our God [0430].
Moreover the porters [07778], Akkub [06126], Talmon [02929], and their brethren [0251] that kept [08104] the gates [08179], were an hundred [03967] seventy [07657] and two [08147].the gates: Heb. at the gates
Mattaniah [04983], and Bakbukiah [01229], Obadiah [05662], Meshullam [04918], Talmon [02929], Akkub [06126], were porters [07778] keeping [08104] the ward [04929] at the thresholds [0624] of the gates [08179].thresholds: or, treasuries, or, assemblies
And both the singers [07891] and the porters [07778] kept [08104] the ward [04931] of their God [0430], and the ward [04931] of the purification [02893], according to the commandment [04687] of David [01732], and of Solomon [08010] his son [01121].
And all Israel [03478] in the days [03117] of Zerubbabel [02216], and in the days [03117] of Nehemiah [05166], gave [05414] the portions [04521] of the singers [07891] and the porters [07778], every day [03117] his portion [01697]: and they sanctified [06942] holy things unto the Levites [03881]; and the Levites [03881] sanctified [06942] them unto the children [01121] of Aaron [0175].sanctified: that is, set apart
And he had prepared [06213] for him a great [01419] chamber [03957], where aforetime [06440] they laid [05414] the meat offerings [04503], the frankincense [03828], and the vessels [03627], and the tithes [04643] of the corn [01715], the new wine [08492], and the oil [03323], which was commanded [04687] to be given to the Levites [03881], and the singers [07891], and the porters [07778]; and the offerings [08641] of the priests [03548].which…: Heb. the commandment of the Levites