Verse 2

Nehemiah 13:2

Darby Translation

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2 because they had not met the children of Israel with bread and with water, and had hired Balaam against them, to curse them; but our God (Elohim) turned the curse into blessing.

Original Language Text

hebrew

כִּ֣י לֹ֧א קִדְּמ֛וּ אֶת בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בַּ/לֶּ֣חֶם וּ/בַ/מָּ֑יִם וַ/יִּשְׂכֹּ֨ר עָלָ֤י/ו אֶת בִּלְעָם֙ לְ/קַֽלְל֔/וֹ וַ/יַּהֲפֹ֧ךְ אֱלֹהֵ֛י/נוּ הַ/קְּלָלָ֖ה לִ/בְרָכָֽה

English Translation

For they did not meet the people of Israel with bread and with water, and he hired Balaam against them to curse them, but our God turned the curse into a blessing.

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Chapter 13 Context

1 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and there was found writte... Focus ↗

2 because they had not met the children of Israel with bread and with water, and had hired Balaam agai...

3 And it came to pass, when they heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitud... Focus ↗

4 And before this, Eliashib the priest, who had the oversight of the chambers of the house of our God... Focus ↗

5 had prepared for him a great chamber, where formerly they laid the oblations, the frankincense, and... Focus ↗

6 And during all that [time] I was not at Jerusalem; for in the two-and-thirtieth year of Artaxerxes k... Focus ↗

7 And I came to Jerusalem, and observed the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobijah, in preparing him... Focus ↗

8 And it grieved me much, and I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobijah out of the chamber. Focus ↗

9 And I commanded, and they purified the chambers; and thither brought I again the vessels of the hous... Focus ↗

10 And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given, and that the Levites and the si... Focus ↗

11 Then I contended with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God (Elohim) forsaken? And I gathere... Focus ↗

12 And all Judah brought the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil into the storehouses. Focus ↗

13 And I made storekeepers over the storehouses: Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the... Focus ↗

14 Remember me, O my God (Elohim), concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds which I have done fo... Focus ↗

15 In those days I saw in Judah some treading winepresses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and... Focus ↗

16 Men of Tyre also dwelt therein, who brought fish and all manner of ware, and sold it on the sabbath... Focus ↗

17 And I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, What evil thing is this which ye do, pro... Focus ↗

18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God (Elohim) bring all this evil upon us and upon this ci... Focus ↗

19 And it came to pass, that when it began to be dark in the gates of Jerusalem before the sabbath, I c... Focus ↗

20 And the dealers and sellers of all kind of ware passed the night without Jerusalem once or twice. Focus ↗

21 And I testified against them, and said to them, Why do ye pass the night before the wall? if ye do s... Focus ↗

22 And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep t... Focus ↗

23 In those days also I saw Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, [and] of Moab. Focus ↗

24 And their children spoke half in the language of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language,... Focus ↗

25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them and plucked off their hair, an... Focus ↗

26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among the many nations was there no king lik... Focus ↗

27 And should we hearken to you to do all this great evil, to act unfaithfully to our God (Elohim) by m... Focus ↗

28 And [one] of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat th... Focus ↗

29 Remember them, my God (Elohim), for they are polluters of the priesthood, and of the covenant of the... Focus ↗

30 And I purified them from all foreigners, and appointed the charges of the priests and the Levites, e... Focus ↗

31 and for the wood-offering, at times appointed, and for the first-fruits. Remember me, O my God (Eloh... Focus ↗

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Book: Nehemiah
Chapter: Chapter 13 (31 verses)
Version: Darby Translation

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