Nehemiah 13:4-9
Legacy Standard Bible
Tobiah’s Goods Removed from God’s House
4 Now prior to this, Eliashib the priest, (A)who was put in charge over the chambers of the house of our God, being [a]related to (B)Tobiah, 5 had prepared a large [b]room for him, where formerly they put the grain offerings, the frankincense, the utensils, and the tithes of grain, also new wine and oil (C)commanded for the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers, as well as the [c]contributions for the priests. 6 But during all this time I was not in Jerusalem, for in (D)the thirty-second year of (E)Artaxerxes king of Babylon I had gone to the king. After some time, however, I asked leave from the king, 7 and I came to Jerusalem and discerned the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, (F)by preparing a chamber for him in the courts of the house of God. 8 It was very evil to me, so I (G)threw all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the chamber. 9 Then I said the word, and (H)they cleansed the chambers; and I returned there the utensils of the house of God with the grain offerings and the frankincense.
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- Nehemiah 13:4 Lit close to
- Nehemiah 13:5 Or chamber
- Nehemiah 13:5 Lit heave offerings
Nehemiah 13:4-9
New American Standard Bible 1995
Tobiah Expelled and the Temple Cleansed
4 Now prior to this, Eliashib the priest, (A)who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, being [a]related to (B)Tobiah, 5 had prepared a large [b]room for him, where formerly they put the grain offerings, the frankincense, the utensils and the tithes of grain, wine and oil (C)prescribed for the Levites, the singers and the gatekeepers, and the [c]contributions for the priests. 6 But during all this time I was not in Jerusalem, for in (D)the thirty-second year of (E)Artaxerxes king of Babylon I had gone to the king. After some time, however, I asked leave from the king, 7 and I came to Jerusalem and [d]learned about the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, (F)by preparing a [e]room for him in the courts of the house of God. 8 It was very displeasing to me, so I (G)threw all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the room. 9 Then I gave an order and (H)they cleansed the rooms; and I returned there the utensils of the house of God with the grain offerings and the frankincense.
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- Nehemiah 13:4 Lit close to
- Nehemiah 13:5 Or chamber
- Nehemiah 13:5 Lit heave offerings
- Nehemiah 13:7 Or understood
- Nehemiah 13:7 Or chamber, and so in vv 8, 9
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