Nehemiah 13:9

Then commanded I, and they purified the chambers,—and I put back there, the utensils of the house of God, the meal-offering and the frankincense.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 grieved me exceedingly,—and I cast forth all the household utensils of Tobiah, outside of the chamber.

10Then came I to know, that, the portions of the Levites, had not been given [them],—so that the Levites and the singers, who had been doing the work, had fled every one to his field.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 29:15and they gathered together their brethren, who hallowed themselves, and came in according to the command of the king, in the things of Yahweh,—to purify the house of Yahweh.

Nehemiah 12:45So they kept the charge of their God, and the charge of the purification, and [so did] the singers and the doorkeepers,—according to the commandment of David and of Solomon his son.

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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