Nehemiah 13
New King James Version
Principles of Separation(A)
13 On that day (B)they read from the Book of Moses in the hearing of the people, and in it was found written (C)that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever come into the assembly of God, 2 because they had not met the children of Israel with bread and water, but (D)hired Balaam against them to curse them. (E)However, our God turned the curse into a blessing. 3 So it was, when they had heard the Law, (F)that they separated all the mixed multitude from Israel.
The Reforms of Nehemiah
4 Now before this, (G)Eliashib the priest, having authority over the storerooms of the house of our God, was allied with (H)Tobiah. 5 And he had prepared for him a large room, (I)where previously they had stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the articles, the tithes of grain, the new wine and oil, (J)which were commanded to be given to the Levites and singers and gatekeepers, and the offerings for the priests. 6 But during all this I was not in Jerusalem, (K)for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I had returned to the king. Then after certain days I obtained leave from the king, 7 and I came to Jerusalem and discovered the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in (L)preparing a room for him in the courts of the [a]house of God. 8 And it grieved me bitterly; therefore I threw all the household goods of Tobiah out of the room. 9 Then I commanded them to (M)cleanse the rooms; and I brought back into them the articles of the house of God, with the grain offering and the frankincense.
10 I also realized that the portions for the Levites had (N)not been given them; for each of the Levites and the singers who did the work had gone back to (O)his field. 11 So (P)I contended with the rulers, and said, (Q)“Why is the house of God forsaken?” And I gathered them together and set them in their place. 12 (R)Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain and the new wine and the oil to the storehouse. 13 (S)And I appointed as treasurers over the storehouse Shelemiah the priest and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah; and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were considered (T)faithful, and their task was to distribute to their brethren.
14 (U)Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and do not wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for its services!
15 In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses (V)on the Sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and loading donkeys with wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of burdens, (W)which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. And I warned them about the day on which they were selling provisions. 16 Men of Tyre dwelt there also, who brought in fish and all kinds of goods, and sold them on the Sabbath to the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
17 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, “What evil thing is this that you do, by which you profane the Sabbath day? 18 (X)Did not your fathers do thus, and did not our God bring all this disaster on us and on this city? Yet you bring added wrath on Israel by profaning the Sabbath.”
19 So it was, at the gates of Jerusalem, as it (Y)began to be dark before the Sabbath, that I commanded the gates to be shut, and charged that they must not be opened till after the Sabbath. (Z)Then I posted some of my servants at the gates, so that no burdens would be brought in on the Sabbath day. 20 Now the merchants and sellers of all kinds of [b]wares [c]lodged outside Jerusalem once or twice.
21 Then I warned them, and said to them, “Why do you spend the night [d]around the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you!” From that time on they came no more on the Sabbath. 22 And I commanded the Levites that (AA)they should cleanse themselves, and that they should go and guard the gates, to sanctify the Sabbath day.
Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of Your mercy!
23 In those days I also saw Jews who (AB)had married women of (AC)Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. 24 And half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod, and could not speak the language of Judah, but spoke according to the language of one or the other people.
25 So I (AD)contended with them and [e]cursed them, struck some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them (AE)swear by God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters as wives to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons or yourselves. 26 (AF)Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among many nations there was no king like him, (AG)who was beloved of his God; and God made him king over all Israel. (AH)Nevertheless pagan women caused even him to sin. 27 Should we then hear of your doing all this great evil, (AI)transgressing against our God by marrying pagan women?”
28 And one of the sons (AJ)of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was a son-in-law of (AK)Sanballat the Horonite; therefore I drove him from me.
29 (AL)Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and (AM)the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
30 (AN)Thus I cleansed them of everything pagan. I also (AO)assigned duties to the priests and the Levites, each to his service, 31 and to bringing (AP)the wood offering and the firstfruits at appointed times.
(AQ)Remember me, O my God, for good!
Footnotes
- Nehemiah 13:7 Temple
- Nehemiah 13:20 merchandise
- Nehemiah 13:20 spent the night
- Nehemiah 13:21 Lit. before
- Nehemiah 13:25 pronounced them cursed
Nehemia 13
Het Boek
Nehemia roept de Israëlieten ter verantwoording
13 In die tijd werd het volk voorgelezen uit de wetten van Mozes. Zij ontdekten daarin de bepaling dat Ammonieten en Moabieten zich niet bij de gemeenschap van God mochten aansluiten. 2 De reden van dit verbod was dat zij destijds het volk Israël geen gastvrijheid hadden betoond. Zij hadden zelfs iets veel ergers gedaan: zij hadden Bileam gehuurd om Israël te vervloeken, maar onze God had de vervloeking in een zegen veranderd. 3 Meteen nadat deze regel was voorgelezen, werden alle vreemdelingen uit de bijeenkomst verwijderd.
4,5 Enige tijd voor deze gebeurtenis had de priester Eljasib voor zijn vriend Tobia een prachtig vertrek in een van de voorraadkamers laten inrichten. Eljasib was aangesteld als beheerder van de voorraadkamers in de tempel. Vroeger werd die kamer gebruikt als opslagruimte voor spijsoffers, wierook, schalen en ook voor de tienden van het koren, nieuwe wijn en olijfolie. Volgens een bepaling van Mozes was dit alles bestemd voor de Levieten, zangers en poortwachters. De priesters ontvingen andere speciale bijdragen. 6 Toen Eljasib dat deed, was ik niet in Jeruzalem, maar in Babel. In het tweeëndertigste regeringsjaar van koning Arthahsasta was ik namelijk teruggekeerd. Later kreeg ik opnieuw toestemming naar Jeruzalem te reizen. 7 Bij mijn aankomst in Jeruzalem hoorde ik iets verschrikkelijks: Eljasib had voor Tobia een kamer in het tempelcomplex ingericht! 8 Ik was hevig verontwaardigd en smeet alle spullen van Tobia de kamer uit. 9 Ik gaf opdracht de kamer grondig schoon te maken en liet daarna de tempelschalen, spijsoffers en de wierook terugzetten.
10 Ook hoorde ik nog iets anders: de Levieten hadden niet ontvangen wat hun wettelijk toekwam! Daarom waren zij en de zangers die de erediensten behoorden te leiden, teruggegaan naar hun eigen akkers. 11 Onmiddellijk riep ik de leiders ter verantwoording. ‘Waarom wordt de tempel aan zijn lot overgelaten?’ zei ik boos. Toen liet ik alle Levieten terugroepen en droeg hun hun eigenlijke taak weer op. 12 Daarna begonnen de mensen uit Juda, net als vroeger het tiende deel van hun koren, nieuwe wijn en olijfolie naar de voorraadkamers van de tempel te brengen. 13 Ik gaf de priester Selemja, de geestelijk leider Zadok en de Leviet Pedaja de verantwoordelijkheid voor het beheer over de voorraadkamers. Ik stelde Hanan, de zoon van Zakkur, de zoon van Mattanja, aan als hun helper. Deze vier mannen stonden als zeer betrouwbaar bekend. Het was hun taak de ingekomen bijdragen eerlijk te verdelen onder de Levieten.
14 O God, vergeet al het goede niet dat ik gedaan heb voor uw tempel en de eredienst.
15 In die tijd zag ik dat sommige Judeeërs op de sabbat in de wijnpersen werkten. Zij haalden ook vrachten koren binnen op hun ezels en lieten hun ezels wijn, druiven, vijgen en andere producten dragen. Zij wilden ze die dag in Jeruzalem verkopen. Ik kwam hiertegen openlijk in verzet. 16 Enkele mannen uit Tyrus die in Jeruzalem woonden, boden vis en andere waar te koop aan op de sabbat en er waren mensen die het kochten! 17 Toen vroeg ik de leiders van Juda: ‘Waarom schendt u de sabbat? 18 Herinnert u zich niet meer dat uw vaders dit ook hebben gedaan en dat onze God daarom al die ellende over ons en onze stad heeft laten komen? Moet ons volk nog strenger worden gestraft, omdat u toestaat dat de sabbat wordt ontheiligd?’
19 Ik bepaalde dat vanaf dat moment de stadspoorten moesten worden gesloten zodra het vrijdagavond donker werd. En ze mochten pas weer geopend worden wanneer de sabbat voorbij was. Ik liet de poorten bewaken door een paar van mijn dienaren. Zo wilde ik voorkomen dat op de sabbat koopwaar Jeruzalem kon binnenkomen. 20 De handelaars en de andere kooplui overnachtten een- of tweemaal buiten Jeruzalem. 21 Maar toen zei ik dreigend: ‘Waarom overnacht u daar bij de muur? Als dat nog één keer voorkomt, laat ik u arresteren!’ Dat was de laatste keer dat zij er op de sabbat waren. 22 Daarna gaf ik de Levieten opdracht de reiniging te ondergaan en de poorten te bewaken, zodat niemand meer de sabbat kon schenden. O God, vergeet ook deze goede daad niet! Heb medelijden met mij, want U bent goed en liefdevol!
23 In diezelfde tijd zag ik dat enkele Judeeërs waren getrouwd met vrouwen uit Asdod, Ammon of Moab. 24 Veel van hun kinderen spraken alleen de taal van Asdod of een of andere vreemde taal, maar kenden geen woord Judees. 25 Daarom riep ik ook deze Judeeërs ter verantwoording, vervloekte hen, sloeg enkelen en trok hun haren uit. Ik liet hen bij God zweren dat zij en hun kinderen nooit met niet-Judeeërs zouden trouwen. 26 ‘Was dit niet precies de aanleiding voor de zonde die koning Salomo beging?’ riep ik uit. ‘Er was op de hele wereld geen vorst zoals hij en God hield veel van hem en maakte hem koning over heel Israël. Maar toch brachten vreemde vrouwen hem ertoe afgoden te aanbidden. 27 Denkt u dat wij u zullen toestaan in dezelfde zonde te vervallen? U bent God ongehoorzaam geweest door met vreemde vrouwen te trouwen!’
28 Een van de zonen van Jojada, de zoon van de hogepriester Eljasib, was een schoonzoon van de Horoniet Sanballat. Daarom joeg ik hem de tempel uit.
29 O God, vergeet niet dat zij het priesterschap en de plechtige beloften van de priesters en de Levieten hebben ontheiligd.
30 Zo zuiverde ik ons volk van alle vreemde invloeden en droeg de priesters en Levieten ieder hun eigen taak op. 31 Ik zorgde er ook voor dat het hout voor het altaar op vaste tijden werd geleverd en dat men het eerstgeboren vee en de opbrengst van de eerste oogst naar de tempel bracht. O God, vergeet mijn goede daden niet.
Nehemiah 13
New International Version
Nehemiah’s Final Reforms
13 On that day the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people and there it was found written that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever be admitted into the assembly of God,(A) 2 because they had not met the Israelites with food and water but had hired Balaam(B) to call a curse down on them.(C) (Our God, however, turned the curse into a blessing.)(D) 3 When the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all who were of foreign descent.(E)
4 Before this, Eliashib the priest had been put in charge of the storerooms(F) of the house of our God. He was closely associated with Tobiah,(G) 5 and he had provided him with a large room formerly used to store the grain offerings and incense and temple articles, and also the tithes(H) of grain, new wine and olive oil prescribed for the Levites, musicians and gatekeepers, as well as the contributions for the priests.
6 But while all this was going on, I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes(I) king of Babylon I had returned to the king. Some time later I asked his permission 7 and came back to Jerusalem. Here I learned about the evil thing Eliashib(J) had done in providing Tobiah(K) a room in the courts of the house of God. 8 I was greatly displeased and threw all Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.(L) 9 I gave orders to purify the rooms,(M) and then I put back into them the equipment of the house of God, with the grain offerings and the incense.(N)
10 I also learned that the portions assigned to the Levites had not been given to them,(O) and that all the Levites and musicians responsible for the service had gone back to their own fields.(P) 11 So I rebuked the officials and asked them, “Why is the house of God neglected?”(Q) Then I called them together and stationed them at their posts.
12 All Judah brought the tithes(R) of grain, new wine and olive oil into the storerooms.(S) 13 I put Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and a Levite named Pedaiah in charge of the storerooms and made Hanan son of Zakkur, the son of Mattaniah, their assistant, because they were considered trustworthy. They were made responsible for distributing the supplies to their fellow Levites.(T)
14 Remember(U) me for this, my God, and do not blot out what I have so faithfully done for the house of my God and its services.
15 In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, together with wine, grapes, figs and all other kinds of loads. And they were bringing all this into Jerusalem on the Sabbath.(V) Therefore I warned them against selling food on that day. 16 People from Tyre who lived in Jerusalem were bringing in fish and all kinds of merchandise and selling them in Jerusalem on the Sabbath(W) to the people of Judah. 17 I rebuked the nobles of Judah and said to them, “What is this wicked thing you are doing—desecrating the Sabbath day? 18 Didn’t your ancestors do the same things, so that our God brought all this calamity on us and on this city?(X) Now you are stirring up more wrath against Israel by desecrating the Sabbath.”(Y)
19 When evening shadows fell on the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath,(Z) I ordered the doors to be shut and not opened until the Sabbath was over. I stationed some of my own men at the gates so that no load could be brought in on the Sabbath day. 20 Once or twice the merchants and sellers of all kinds of goods spent the night outside Jerusalem. 21 But I warned them and said, “Why do you spend the night by the wall? If you do this again, I will arrest you.” From that time on they no longer came on the Sabbath. 22 Then I commanded the Levites to purify themselves and go and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy.
Remember(AA) me for this also, my God, and show mercy to me according to your great love.
23 Moreover, in those days I saw men of Judah who had married(AB) women from Ashdod, Ammon and Moab.(AC) 24 Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or the language of one of the other peoples, and did not know how to speak the language(AD) of Judah. 25 I rebuked them and called curses down on them. I beat some of the men and pulled out their hair. I made them take an oath(AE) in God’s name and said: “You are not to give your daughters in marriage to their sons, nor are you to take their daughters in marriage for your sons or for yourselves.(AF) 26 Was it not because of marriages like these that Solomon king of Israel sinned? Among the many nations there was no king like him.(AG) He was loved by his God,(AH) and God made him king over all Israel, but even he was led into sin by foreign women.(AI) 27 Must we hear now that you too are doing all this terrible wickedness and are being unfaithful to our God by marrying(AJ) foreign women?”
28 One of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib(AK) the high priest was son-in-law to Sanballat(AL) the Horonite. And I drove him away from me.
29 Remember(AM) them, my God, because they defiled the priestly office and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.(AN)
30 So I purified the priests and the Levites of everything foreign,(AO) and assigned them duties, each to his own task. 31 I also made provision for contributions of wood(AP) at designated times, and for the firstfruits.(AQ)
Remember(AR) me with favor, my God.
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