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and I returned to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah by supplying him with a storeroom in the courts of the temple of God. I was very upset, and I threw all of Tobiah’s household possessions out of the storeroom. Then I gave instructions that the storerooms should be purified, and I brought back the equipment[a] of the temple of God, along with the grain offering and the incense.

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  1. Nehemiah 13:9 tn On the usage of this Hebrew word see HALOT 478-79 s.v. כְּלִי.

and came back to Jerusalem. Here I learned about the evil thing Eliashib(A) had done in providing Tobiah(B) a room in the courts of the house of God. I was greatly displeased and threw all Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.(C) I gave orders to purify the rooms,(D) and then I put back into them the equipment of the house of God, with the grain offerings and the incense.(E)

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And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.

And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff to Tobiah out of the chamber.

Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the frankincense.

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