23aFor there was a commandment from the king concerning them and a firm regulation for the song leaders bday by day.
a
Ezra 6:8, Ezra 7:20
Ezra 6
8
"Moreover, aI issue a decree concerning what you are to do for these elders of Judah in the rebuilding of this house of God: the full cost is to be paid to these people from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces beyond the River, and that without delay.
Ezra 7
20
"The rest of the needs for the house of your God, for which you may have occasion to provide, aprovide for it from the royal treasury.