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OET (OET-LV) And_performed the_service_of god_of_their and_service_of the_purification[fn][fn] and_the_singers and_the_gatekeepers according_to_command_of Dāvid Shəlomoh son_of_his.
OET (OET-RV) They served God with their daily duties and the purification ceremonies, as well as the duties of the singers and gatekeepers—all done according to the instructions left by King David and his son Shelomoh,
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
וַֽיִּשְׁמְר֞וּ
and,performed
In this context, the conjunction And indicates that the sentence it introduces explains the results of what the previous verse described. Specifically, the temple personnel were able to perform their duties regularly because the people had organized regular support for them. Alternate translation: “and so”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
וַֽיִּשְׁמְר֞וּ מִשְׁמֶ֤רֶת אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶם֙ וּמִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת הַֽטָּהֳרָ֔ה
and,performed service_of God_of,their and,service_of the,purification
They means the priests and Levites. The abstract noun service, in the phrase service watch of their God, refers to the duties that God had commanded the priests and Levites to perform in the law. In the phrase “service of purification,” this abstract noun refers to one of those duties in particular, the duty of performing a ceremony for themselves and for others that expressed a desire to be ceremonially clean, that is, acceptable to God. The story describes in 12:30 how they performed such a ceremony on this occasion. Alternate translation: “So the priests and Levites were able to perform the duties that God had commanded, including performing ceremonies of purification”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖ים וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִ֑ים
and,the,singers and,the,gatekeepers
Here the book leaves out some of the words that a sentence would ordinarily need in order to be complete. This phrase seems to means The singers and the gatekeepers were also able to perform their assigned duties. You could say that explicitly if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation:
Note 4 topic: writing-background
כְּמִצְוַ֥ת דָּוִ֖יד שְׁלֹמֹ֥ה בְנֽוֹ
according_to,command_of Dāvid Shəlomoh son_of,his
This phrase provides background information that explains that it was King David and King Solomon, his son, who established the duties of the temple singers and gatekeepers. Alternate translation: “as King David and King Solomon, his son, had commanded them to do”
12:44-47 On that day, the day of the dedication of the wall (12:44; 13:1), men were appointed to take care of the tithes and gifts given for the physical needs of the priests and Levites. Their duties were to collect the gifts of the people for the priests and Levites (10:32-39; see also Exod 30:11-16; 38:25-26), to perform the service of their God (probably sacrifices; see Lev 1–5), and to oversee the service of purification of those people who were unclean. They also purified pans, knives, and clothing used in Temple worship as described in Lev 11–15 (see also 1 Chr 23:28).
OET (OET-LV) And_performed the_service_of god_of_their and_service_of the_purification[fn][fn] and_the_singers and_the_gatekeepers according_to_command_of Dāvid Shəlomoh son_of_his.
OET (OET-RV) They served God with their daily duties and the purification ceremonies, as well as the duties of the singers and gatekeepers—all done according to the instructions left by King David and his son Shelomoh,
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.