Nehemiah 11:23
For there was a command from the king concerning them, and a fixed provision for the singers, as every day required.
Ezra 6:8-9
Moreover, I make a decree regarding what you shall do for these elders of the Jews for the rebuilding of this house of God. The cost is to be paid to these men in full and without delay from the royal revenue, the tribute of the province from Beyond the River.
1 Chronicles 9:33
Now these, the singers, the heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, were in the chambers of the temple free from other service, for they were on duty day and night.
Ezra 7:20-24
And whatever else is required for the house of your God, which it falls to you to provide, you may provide it out of the king's treasury.
Nehemiah 12:47
And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah gave the daily portions for the singers and the gatekeepers; and they set apart that which was for the Levites; and the Levites set apart that which was for the sons of Aaron.