Nehemiah 12:45
Good News Translation
because they performed the ceremonies of purification and the other rituals that God had commanded. The Temple musicians and the Temple guards also performed their duties in accordance with the regulations made by King David and his son Solomon.

New Revised Standard Version
They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, as did the singers and the gatekeepers, according to the command of David and his son Solomon.

Contemporary English Version
when they performed the ceremonies to make people acceptable to worship God. And the singers and the temple guards did their jobs according to the instructions given by David and his son Solomon.

New American Bible
who carried out the ministry of their God and the ministry of purification (as did the singers and the gatekeepers) in accordance with the prescriptions of David and Solomon, his son.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For in the days of David and Asaph from the beginning there were chief singers appointed, to praise with canticles, and give thanks to God.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For in the days of David and Asaph from the beginning there were chief singers appointed, to praise with canticles, and give thanks to God.

the singers.

1 Chronicles 25:1-26:32 Moreover David and the chief officers of the army separated for the ministry the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Idithun: to prophesy with harps, and with psalteries, and with cymbals according to their number serving in their appointed office. . . .

the ward.

1 Chronicles 23:28 And they are to be under the hand of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the porches, and in the chambers, and in the place of purification, and in the sanctuary, and in all the works of the ministry of the temple of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 23:6 And let no one come into the house of the Lord, but the priests, and they that minister of the Levites: let them only come in, because they are sanctified: and let all the rest of the people keep the watches of the Lord.

Context
Provisions for Temple Worship
44And they kept the watch of their God, and the observance of expiation, and the singing men, and the porters, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son. 45For in the days of David and Asaph from the beginning there were chief singers appointed, to praise with canticles, and give thanks to God.46And all Israel, in the days of Zorobabel, and in the days of Nehemiah gave portions to the singing men, and to the porters, day by day, and they sanctified the Levites, and the Levites sanctified the sons of Aaron.…
Cross References
2 Kings 7:10
So they came to the gate of the city, and told them, saying: We went to the camp of the Syrians, and we found no man there, but horses, and asses tied, and the tents standing.

1 Chronicles 25:1
Moreover David and the chief officers of the army separated for the ministry the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Idithun: to prophesy with harps, and with psalteries, and with cymbals according to their number serving in their appointed office.

Nehemiah 12:44
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