Nehemiah 13:11
9 Then I ordered that the rooms be purified, and I had the articles of the house of God restored to them, along with the grain offerings and frankincense.
10 I also learned that because the portions for the Levites had not been given to them, all the Levites and singers responsible for performing the service had gone back to their own fields.
So I rebuked the officials and asked, “Why has the house of God been neglected?” Then I gathered the Levites and singers together and stationed them at their posts,
12 and all Judah brought a tenth of the grain, new wine, and oil into the storerooms.
13 I appointed as treasurers over the storerooms Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, with Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, to assist them, because they were considered trustworthy. They were responsible for distributing the supplies to their fellow Levites.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So I rebuked the officials and asked, “Why has the house of God been neglected?” Then I gathered the Levites and singers together and stationed them at their posts,
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Then I contended with the rulers, and said, “Why is God’s house forsaken?” I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- 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.
- BLB
- And I contended with the rulers and said, “Why was the house of God forsaken?” And I gathered them and set them on their station.
- ÅB
- Da gikk jeg i rette med formennene og spurte dem hvorfor Guds hus var blitt forsømt, og jeg kalte dem sammen og innsatte dem igjen, hver på sin plass.
- OTB
- Så jeg refset embetsmennene og spurte: "Hvorfor blir Guds hus forsømt?" Deretter samlet jeg dem sammen og plasserte dem ved deres poster.
- B1930
- Da gikk jeg i rette med formennene og spurte dem hvorfor Guds hus var blitt forsømt, og jeg kalte dem sammen og innsatte dem igjen, hver på sin plass.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Nehemiah 10:39
For the Israelites and the Levites 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 ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers stay. Thus we will not neglect the house of our God.”
Read in contextNehemiah 13:17
Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day?
Read in contextNehemiah 13:25
I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!
Read in contextJob 31:34
because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—
Read in contextProverbs 28:4
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.
Read in context1 Samuel 2:17
Thus the sin of these young men was severe in the sight of the LORD, for they were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt.
Read in contextMalachi 3:8–11
Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.
Read in contextNehemiah 5:6–13
When I heard their outcry and these complaints, I became extremely angry,
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