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Nehemiah 13:9

PurityObedience

7 And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.

8 And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.

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.

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.

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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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Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 29:5

    And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.

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  • Nehemiah 12:45

    And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

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  • 2 Chronicles 29:15–19

    And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.

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