And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the vessels of the house of Tobiah out of the chamber.

And I commanded them to cleanse the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God with the meat offering and the incense.

10 And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given, and that everyone was fled to his land, even the Levites and singers that executed the work.

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I was greatly displeased and threw all Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.(A) I gave orders to purify the rooms,(B) and then I put back into them the equipment of the house of God, with the grain offerings and the incense.(C)

10 I also learned that the portions assigned to the Levites had not been given to them,(D) and that all the Levites and musicians responsible for the service had gone back to their own fields.(E)

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