Nehemiah 13:9

And I gave orders, and they purified the treasuries: and I restored thither the vessels of the house of God, and the offerings, and the frankincense.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the frankincense.

In Context

8And it appeared very evil to me: so I cast forth all the furniture of the house of Tobias from the treasury.

10And I understood that the portion of the Levites had not been given: and they had fled every one to his field, the Levites and the singers doing the work.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 29:15And they gathered their brethren, and they purified themselves according to the king's command by the order of the Lord, to purify the house of the Lord.

Nehemiah 12:45And they kept the charges of their God, and the charges of the purification, and ordered the singers and the porters, according to the commandments of David and his son Solomon.

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 13:2-10

The People's Attention to Their Duty. ( b. c. 444.) 1 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; 2 Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing. 3 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all… Read the whole commentary →

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