1Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,
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So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.
Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein;(though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)
And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD.
For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God.
So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-4)God saith concerning his church (Isa. 62:6), I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem ! This is Nehemiah’s care here; for dead walls, without living watchmen, are but a poor defence to a city. I. He appointed the porters, singers, and Levites , in their places to their work. This is meant of their work in general, which was to attend the temple service; it had been neglected in some degree,…
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