Nehemiah 7:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Bible Comments

Now it came to pass, when the wail was built and I had set up the doors, completing everything as it had been planned, and the porters and the singers and the Levite. were appointed, the Levites who had charge of the gates and those who were entrusted with the liturgical part of the Temple service being distinguished from those who assisted the priests in the sacrificial worship, as David had ordered, 1 Chronicles 9:17-27; 1 Chronicles 26:1-19,

Nehemiah 7:1

1 Now 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,