Nehemiah 11:23
For the king's command concerning them a surety for those singing the word of a day in its day.
Ezra 6:8-9
And from me a decree was set up for that which ye shall do with the old men of these Jews for building this house of God: and the king's riches, that of the tribute beyond the river, expenses shall be speedily given to these men, not to be made to cease.
1 Chronicles 9:33
And these singing, heads of the fathers to the Levites in the cells being free: for their day and night upon them in work
Ezra 7:20-24
And the rest being necessary for the house of thy God, that shall fall to thee to give thou shalt give from the house of the king's treasure.
Nehemiah 12:47
And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah giving, portions, of the singers and the gate-keepers, the word of a day in its day: and consecrating to the Levites; and the Levites consecrating to the sons of Aaron.