Nehemiah 13:5-7
Holman Christian Standard Bible
5 and had prepared a large room for him where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the articles, and the tenths of grain, new wine, and oil(A) prescribed for the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.(B)
6 While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to King Artaxerxes(C) of Babylon(D) in the thirty-second year of his reign.(E) It was only later that I asked the king for a leave of absence(F) 7 so I could return to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done on behalf of Tobiah by providing him a room in the courts of God’s house.
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