Nehemiah 13:11
So I confronted the officials and said, “Why is the house of God neglected?” I gathered them together and stationed them at their posts.
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12Then all Judah brought in the tithe of the grain, the new wine, and the oil to the storerooms.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:17The sin of these young men was very great before Yahweh, for they despised Yahweh's offering.
Nehemiah 10:39For the people of Israel and the descendants of Levi are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the priests who are serving, and the gatekeepers, and the singers stay. We will not neglect the house of our God.
Nehemiah 13:25I confronted them, and I cursed them, and I hit some of them and pulled out their hair. I made them swear by God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.
Proverbs 28:4Those who forsake the law praise wicked people, 1 but those who keep the law fight against them. 1
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 →