There was, in fact, a command of the king regarding them, and an ordinance regulating the singers’ daily tasks.

王为歌唱的出命令，每日供给他们必有一定之粮。

王为歌唱者下命令，确定他们每日当办的事。

王为歌唱者下命令，确定他们每日当办的事。

歌乐手每天应尽的责任由王决定。

王命令他们，规定歌唱者每天当尽的责任。

王為歌唱的出命令，每日供給他們必有一定之糧。

王為歌唱者下命令，確定他們每日當辦的事。

王為歌唱者下命令，確定他們每日當辦的事。

歌樂手每天應盡的責任由王決定。

王命令他們，規定歌唱者每天當盡的責任。

因為有王的命令關於他們的事，有確定不移的條例關於歌唱者、做他們日日的本分。

此乃王之所命、且謳歌者每日所需、有定例焉、

惟王有命、日以所需、給謳歌者。

此乃王命之者、王亦日賜祿於謳歌者、

The musicians were under the king’s orders, which regulated their daily activity.

The musicians received their orders from the Persian king. He told them what they should do every day.

For there was a command from the king concerning them, and a fixed provision for the singers, as every day required.

Their daily responsibilities were carried out according to the terms of a royal command.

There was, in fact, a command of the king regarding them, and an ordinance regulating the singers’ daily tasks.

For there was a commandment from the king concerning them and a royal command for the singers day by day.

For it was the king’s command concerning them that a certain portion should be for the singers, a quota day by day.

For there was a commandment from the king concerning them, and a settled provision for the singers, as every day required.

For[ it was] the king’s commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.

For they were under royal orders which determined their activity day by day.

For there was a commandment from the king concerning them, and a settled provision for the singers, as every day required.

I hereby issue a decree concerning what you must do, so that the elders of the Jews can rebuild the house of God: The cost is to be paid in full to these men out of the royal revenues from the taxes of the region west of the Euphrates River, so that the work will not stop.Whatever is needed— young bulls, rams, and lambs for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, or wheat, salt, wine, and oil, as requested by the priests in Jerusalem— let it be given to them every day without fail,

The singers, the heads of the Levite families, stayed in the temple chambers and were exempt from other tasks because they were on duty day and night.

So in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the daily portions for the singers and gatekeepers. They also set aside daily portions for the Levites, and the Levites set aside daily portions for the descendants of Aaron.

You may use the royal treasury to pay for anything else needed for the house of your God.I, King Artaxerxes, issue a decree to all the treasurers in the region west of the Euphrates River: Whatever Ezra the priest, an expert in the law of the God of heaven, asks of you must be provided promptly,up to 7,500 pounds of silver, 500 bushels of wheat, 550 gallons of wine, 550 gallons of oil, and salt without limit.Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven must be done diligently for the house of the God of heaven, so that wrath will not fall on the realm of the king and his sons.Be advised that tribute, duty, and land tax must not be imposed on any priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers, temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.