For there was a commandment from the king concerning them and a royal command for the singers day by day.

王为歌唱的出命令，每日供给他们必有一定之粮。

王为歌唱者下命令，确定他们每日当办的事。

王为歌唱者下命令，确定他们每日当办的事。

歌乐手每天应尽的责任由王决定。

王命令他们，规定歌唱者每天当尽的责任。

王為歌唱的出命令，每日供給他們必有一定之糧。

王為歌唱者下命令，確定他們每日當辦的事。

王為歌唱者下命令，確定他們每日當辦的事。

歌樂手每天應盡的責任由王決定。

王命令他們，規定歌唱者每天當盡的責任。

因為有王的命令關於他們的事，有確定不移的條例關於歌唱者、做他們日日的本分。

此乃王之所命、且謳歌者每日所需、有定例焉、

惟王有命、日以所需、給謳歌者。

此乃王命之者、王亦日賜祿於謳歌者、

The musicians were under the king’s orders, which regulated their daily activity.

The musicians received their orders from the Persian king. He told them what they should do every day.

For there was a command from the king concerning them, and a fixed provision for the singers, as every day required.

Their daily responsibilities were carried out according to the terms of a royal command.

There was, in fact, a command of the king regarding them, and an ordinance regulating the singers’ daily tasks.

For it was the king’s command concerning them that a certain portion should be for the singers, a quota day by day.

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

There was, in fact, a command of the king regarding them, and an ordinance regulating the singers’ daily tasks.

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

For they were under royal orders which determined their activity day by day.

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

Furthermore, I issue a decree concerning what you are to do for these elders of Judah in the rebuilding of that house of God: the full cost is to be paid to those people from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces beyond the Euphrates River, and that without interruption.And whatever is needed, bulls, rams, and lambs for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, and wheat, salt, wine, and anointing oil, as the priests in Jerusalem order, it is to be given to them daily without fail,

Now these are the singers, heads of fathers’ households of the Levites, who lived in the chambers of the temple free of other duties; for they were engaged in their work day and night.

So all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah gave the portions due the singers and the gatekeepers as each day required, and they set apart the consecrated portion for the Levites, and the Levites set apart the consecrated portion for the sons of Aaron.

And the rest of the needs of the house of your God, for which it may be incumbent upon you to provide, provide for them from the royal treasury.“ I myself, King Artaxerxes, issue a decree to all the treasurers who are in the provinces beyond the Euphrates River, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, may require of you, it shall be done diligently,up to a hundred talents of silver, a hundred kors of wheat, a hundred baths of wine, a hundred baths of anointing oil, and salt as needed.Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, it shall be done with zeal for the house of the God of heaven, so that there will not be wrath against the kingdom of the king and his sons.We also inform you that it is not allowed to impose tax, tribute, or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers, temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.