<p class="bodytext">I also discovered that the grain offerings for the Levites had not been provided, and that as a result the Levites and the singers who performed this work had all gone off to their fields.

<p class="bodytext">On that day men were appointed over the storerooms for the contributions, first fruits, and tithes, to gather into them from<n id="1" /> the fields of the cities the portions prescribed by the law for the priests and the Levites, for the people of Judah<n id="2" /> took delight in the priests and Levites who were ministering.<n id="3" />

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.<n id="1" /> They also set aside<n id="2" /> the portion for the Levites, and the Levites set aside the portion for the descendants of Aaron.p>