Nehemiah 11:23

For it was the king’s commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.

Cross-reference

Ezra 6:9 orders daily provision for offerings from the king, mirroring the daily portion for singers commanded in Nehemiah 11:23.

Ezra 7:20-24 includes Artaxerxes’ decree providing for singers and exempting them, directly echoing the king’s commandment for singers in Nehemiah 11:23.

1 Chronicles 9:33 notes singers employed day and night, while Nehemiah 11:23 provides their daily portion—connecting service to royal provision.

Ezra 6:8 records Darius’s decree of royal expenses for temple building, paralleling the king’s commandment for singers’ daily portion in Nehemiah 11:23.