Verse 9
Nehemiah 13:9
World English Bible
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Then I commanded, and they cleansed the rooms. I brought into them the vessels of God (Elohim)’s house, with the meal offerings and the frankincense again.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וָ/אֹ֣מְרָ֔/ה וַֽ/יְטַהֲר֖וּ הַ/לְּשָׁכ֑וֹת וָ/אָשִׁ֣יבָ/ה שָּׁ֗ם כְּלֵי֙ בֵּ֣ית הָ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים אֶת הַ/מִּנְחָ֖ה וְ/הַ/לְּבוֹנָֽה
English Translation
And I said, "They shall purify the places, and I will bring there the vessels of the house of God, the grain offering and the incense."
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Chapter 13 Context
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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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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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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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It came to pass that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the Sabbath, I commanded th...
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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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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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Thus I cleansed them from all foreigners, and appointed duties for the priests and for the Levites,...
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