Nehemiah 13:9

and I command, and they cleanse the chambers, and I bring back there the vessels of the house of God with the present and the frankincense.

Literal Standard Version

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 is very displeasing to me, and I cast all the vessels of the house of Tobiah outside, out of the chamber,

10And I know that the portions of the Levites have not been given, and they flee each to his field—the Levites and the singers, doing the work.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 29:15and they gather their brothers, and sanctify themselves, and come in, according to the command of the king in the matters of YHWH, to cleanse the house of YHWH,

Nehemiah 12:45And the singers and the gatekeepers keep the charge of their God, even the charge of the cleansing—according to the command 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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