Nehemiah 13:10-14

International Standard Version

Neglecting Levitical Allotments

¹⁰ I also learned that the allotments for the descendants of Levi had not been distributed. As a result, the descendants of Levi and singers who were responsible for the service had each left to go back to their fields. ¹¹ So I confronted the officials and asked, “Why is the Temple of God neglected?” Then I gathered them together and put them back in their places. ¹² Then all of Judah brought the tithe of the grain, the new wine, and the oil into the storerooms. ¹³ I appointed over the storerooms: Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah from the descendants of Levi; and next to them Zaccur’s son Hanan, the grandson of Mattaniah, because they had been considered faithful. Their duties were to distribute to their associates.

¹⁴ Remember me, my God, concerning this, and do not erase my faithful deeds that I have undertaken for the Temple of my God, and for its services.