Verse 4
Nehemiah 13:4
World English Bible
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Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the rooms of the house of our God (Elohim), being allied to Tobiah,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/לִ/פְנֵ֣י מִ/זֶּ֔ה אֶלְיָשִׁיב֙ הַ/כֹּהֵ֔ן נָת֖וּן בְּ/לִשְׁכַּ֣ת בֵּית אֱלֹהֵ֑י/נוּ קָר֖וֹב לְ/טוֹבִיָּֽה
English Translation
And before this, Eliashib the priest, who was given to the storeroom of our God, near Tobijah.
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Chapter 13 Context
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On that day they read in the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and it was found written in...
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because they didn’t meet the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against...
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It came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated all the mixed multitude from Israe...
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Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the rooms of the house of our God (Eloh...
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had prepared for him a great room, where before they laid the meal offerings, the frankincense, the...
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But in all this, I was not at Jerusalem; for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon...
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and I came to Jerusalem, and understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in preparing him...
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It grieved me severely. Therefore I threw all Tobiah’s household stuff out of the room.
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Then I commanded, and they cleansed the rooms. I brought into them the vessels of God (Elohim)’s hou...
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I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them; so that the Levites and the si...
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Then I contended with the rulers, and said, “Why is God (Elohim)’s house forsaken?” I gathered them...
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Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain, the new wine, and the oil to the treasuries.
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I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levite...
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Remember me, my God (Elohim), concerning this, and don’t wipe out my good deeds that I have done for...
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In those days saw I in Judah some men treading wine presses on the Sabbath, bringing in sheaves, and...
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Some men of Tyre also lived there, who brought in fish and all kinds of wares, and sold on the Sabba...
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Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, “What evil thing is this that you do, a...
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Didn’t your fathers do thus, and didn’t our God (Elohim) bring all this evil on us, and on this city...
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It came to pass that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the Sabbath, I commanded th...
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So the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares camped outside of Jerusalem once or twice.
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Then I testified against them, and said to them, “Why do you stay around the wall? If you do so agai...
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I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the g...
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In those days I also saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab;
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and their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, bu...
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I contended with them, and cursed them, and struck certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and...
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Didn’t Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among many nations was there no king like him...
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Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God (Elohim) in marry...
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One of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horo...
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Remember them, my God (Elohim), because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the pr...
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Thus I cleansed them from all foreigners, and appointed duties for the priests and for the Levites,...
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and for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the first fruits. Remember me, my God (Elohim...
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