Verse 6

Nehemiah 13:6

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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6 But in all this time I was not in Jerusalem, because in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon, I went to the king, and after certain days I asked the king:

Original Language Text

hebrew

וּ/בְ/כָל זֶ֕ה לֹ֥א הָיִ֖יתִי בִּֽ/ירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם כִּ֡י בִּ/שְׁנַת֩ שְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים וּ/שְׁתַּ֜יִם לְ/אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֤סְתְּא מֶֽלֶךְ בָּבֶל֙ בָּ֣אתִי אֶל הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ וּ/לְ/קֵ֥ץ יָמִ֖ים נִשְׁאַ֥לְתִּי מִן הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ

English Translation

And in all this I had not been in Jerusalem, because in the year of thirty-two to Artaxerxes king of Babylon, I came to the king and at the end of days I requested from the king.

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Chapter 13 Context

1 And on that day they read in the book of Moses in the hearing of the people: and therein was found w... Focus ↗

2 Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and water: and they hired against them Balaam... Focus ↗

3 And it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated every stranger from Israel. Focus ↗

4 And over this thing was Eliasib the priest, who was set over the treasury of the house of our God (E... Focus ↗

5 And he made him a great storeroom, where before him they laid up gifts, and frankincense, and vessel... Focus ↗

6 But in all this time I was not in Jerusalem, because in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes kin...

7 And I came to Jerusalem, and I understood the evil that Eliasib had done for Tobias, to make him a s... Focus ↗

8 And it seemed to me exceeding evil. And I cast forth the vessels of the house of Tobias out of the s... Focus ↗

9 And I commanded and they cleansed the storehouses: and I brought thither again the vessels of the ho... Focus ↗

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

11 And I pleaded the matter against the magistrates, and said: Why have we forsaken the house of God (E... Focus ↗

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

13 And we set over the storehouses Selemias the priest, and Sadoc the scribe, and of the Levites Phadai... Focus ↗

14 Remember me, O my God (Elohim), for this thing, and wipe not out my kindnesses, which I have done re... Focus ↗

15 In those days I saw in Juda some treading the presses on the sabbath, and carrying sheaves, and ladi... Focus ↗

16 Some Tyrians also dwelt there, who brought fish, and all manner of wares: and they sold them on the... Focus ↗

17 And I rebuked the chief men of Juda, and said to them: What is this evil thing that you are doing, p... Focus ↗

18 Did not our fathers do these things, and our God (Elohim) brought all this evil upon us, and upon th... Focus ↗

19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem were at rest on the sabbath day, I spoke: and... Focus ↗

20 So the merchants, and they that sold all kinds of wares, stayed without Jerusalem once or twice. Focus ↗

21 And I charged them, and I said to them: Why stay you before the wall? if you do so another time, I w... Focus ↗

22 I spoke also to the Levites that they should be purified, and should come to keep the gates, and to... Focus ↗

23 In those days also I saw Jews that married wives, women of Azotus, and of Ammon, and of Moab. Focus ↗

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

25 And I chid them, and laid my curse upon them. And I beat some of them, and shaved off their hair, an... Focus ↗

26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin in this kind of thing? and surely among many nations, there was n... Focus ↗

27 And shall we also be disobedient and do all this great evil to transgress against our God (Elohim),... Focus ↗

28 And one of the sons of Joiada the son of Eliasib the high priest, was son in law to Sanaballat the H... Focus ↗

29 Remember them, O Lord my God (Elohim), that defile the priesthood, and the law of priests and Levite... Focus ↗

30 So I separated from them all strangers, and I appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites,... Focus ↗

31 And for the offering of wood at times appointed, and for the firstfruits: remember me, O my God (Elo... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Nehemiah
Chapter: Chapter 13 (31 verses)
Version: Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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