Nehemiah 12:7

12:7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the leaders ¹  of the priests and their colleagues ²  in the days of Jeshua.

Nehemiah 12:46

12:46 For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there had been directors ³  for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanks to God.

Nehemiah 12:22

12:22 As for the Levites, ⁴  in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan and Jaddua the heads of families were recorded, as were the priests during the reign of Darius the Persian.

Nehemiah 12:26

12:26 These all served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priestly scribe. ⁵ 

Nehemiah 12:47

12:47 So in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah, all Israel was contributing the portions for the singers and gatekeepers, according to the daily need. ⁶  They also set aside ⁷  the portion for the Levites, and the Levites set aside the portion for the descendants of Aaron.

[12:7]  ¹ tn Heb “heads” (so also in v. 12).

[12:7]  ² tn Heb “brothers” (also in vv. 8, 9, 24, 36).

[12:46]  ³ tn Heb “heads.” The translation reads with the Qere the plural רֹאשֵׁי (ro’shey, “heads”) rather than the Kethib singular רֹאשׁ (ro’sh, “head”) of the MT.

[12:22]  ⁵ tn Some scholars delete these words, regarding them as a later scribal addition to the text.

[12:26]  ⁷ tn Heb “the priest, the scribe.”

[12:47]  ⁹ tn Heb “a thing of a day in its day.”

[12:47]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “were sanctifying.”