“For there was a commandment from the king concerning them, and a settled provision for the singers, as every day required.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Nehemiah 11 contains 36 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.