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Nehemiah 12:49 KJV

"For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God."
Nehemiah Chapter 12, Verse 49

Nehemiah 12:49 in Context (Verses 46–47 KJV)

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For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.
47
And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.*