Verse 11
Nehemiah 13:11
Literal Standard Version
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And I strive with the prefects, and say, “Why has the house of God (Elohim) been forsaken?” And I gather them, and set them on their station;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וָ/אָרִ֨יבָ/ה֙ אֶת הַ/סְּגָנִ֔ים וָ/אֹ֣מְרָ֔/ה מַדּ֖וּעַ נֶעֱזַ֣ב בֵּית הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים וָֽ/אֶ֨קְבְּצֵ֔/ם וָֽ/אַעֲמִדֵ֖/ם עַל עָמְדָֽ/ם
English Translation
And I will argue with the officials, and I said, "Why have you forsaken the house of God?" And I will gather them, and I will set them upon their stands.
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Chapter 13 Context
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because they have not come before the sons of Israel with bread and with water, and hire against the...
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And it comes to pass, at their hearing the Law, that they separate all the mixed people from Israel.
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And before this Eliashib the priest, appointed over chambers of the house of our God (Elohim), is a...
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and he makes for him a great chamber, and there they were formerly putting the present, the frankinc...
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And during all this I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Baby...
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and I come to Jerusalem, and understand concerning the evil that Eliashib has done for Tobiah, to ma...
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and it is very displeasing to me, and I cast all the vessels of the house of Tobiah outside, out of...
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and I command, and they cleanse the chambers, and I bring back there the vessels of the house of God...
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10
And I know that the portions of the Levites have not been given, and they flee each to his field—the...
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11
And I strive with the prefects, and say, “Why has the house of God (Elohim) been forsaken?” And I ga...
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and all Judah has brought in the tithe of the grain, and of the new wine, and of the oil, to the tre...
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13
And I appoint treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and Pedaia...
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14
Be mindful of me, O my God (Elohim), for this, and do not blot out my kind acts that I have done, fo...
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15
In those days I have seen in Judah those treading wine-vats on Sabbath, and bringing in the sheaves,...
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16
And the Tyrians have dwelt in it, bringing in fish, and every ware, and selling on Sabbath to the so...
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17
And I strive with the nobles of Judah, and say to them, “What is this evil thing that you are doing,...
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18
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19
And it comes to pass, when the gates of Jerusalem have been dark before the Sabbath, that I command,...
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20
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and I testify against them, and say to them, “Why are you lodging in front of the wall? If you repea...
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And I command to the Levites that they be cleansed, and coming in, keeping the gates, to sanctify th...
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Also, in those days, I have seen the Jews who have settled women of Ashdod, of Ammon, of Moab.
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And of their sons, half are speaking Ashdoditish—and are not knowing to speak Jewish—and according t...
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And I strive with them, and declare them vile, and strike certain of them, and pluck off their hair,...
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By these did not Solomon king of Israel sin? And among the many nations there was no king like him,...
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