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Nehemiah 13:9

PurityObedience

7 to return to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done on behalf of Tobiah by providing him a room in the courts of the house of God.

8 And I was greatly displeased and threw all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.

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.

11 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,

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
Then I commanded, and they cleansed the rooms. I brought into them the vessels of God’s house, with the meal offerings and the frankincense again.
ASV
Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meal-offerings and the frankincense.
DARBY
And I commanded, and they purified the chambers; and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, the oblation and the frankincense.
BLB
And I spoke, and they cleansed the rooms, and I returned there the articles of the house of God, with the offering and the frankincense.
ÅB
og befalte at de skulle rense kammerne, og så lot jeg igjen de karene og matofferet og viraken som tilhører Guds hus bli lagt inn der.
OTB
Jeg beordret at rommene skulle renses, og deretter gjenopprettet jeg utstyret til Guds hus, sammen med grødeofrene og røkelsen.
B1930
og bød at de skulde rense kammerne, og så lot jeg atter de til Guds hus hørende kar og matofferet og viraken legge inn der.

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  • 2 Chronicles 29:5

    “Listen to me, O Levites,” he said. “Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers. Remove from the Holy Place every impurity.

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  • Nehemiah 12:45

    They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, as David and his son Solomon had prescribed.

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  • 2 Chronicles 29:15–19

    When they had assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves, they went in to cleanse the house of the LORD, according to the command of the king by the words of the LORD.

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