Nehemiah 13:11
Then I contended with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together and set them in their place.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
12And all Judah brought the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil into the storehouses.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:17And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah, for men despised the offering of Jehovah.
Nehemiah 10:39For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the heave-offering of the corn, of the new wine and the oil, into the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the doorkeepers and the singers. And we will not forsake the house of our God.
Nehemiah 13:25And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them and plucked off their hair, and adjured them by God [saying], Ye shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.
Proverbs 28:4They that forsake the law praise the wicked; but such as keep the law contend with them.
Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 13:11-15
Abuses Rectified. ( b. c. 434.) 10 And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field. 11 Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place. 12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries. 13 And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the… Read the whole commentary →