and I came to Jerusalem and [a]learned about the evil that Eliashib had committed for [b]Tobiah, (A)by preparing a [c]room for him in the courtyards of the house of God. It was very displeasing to me, so I (B)threw all of Tobiah’s household articles out of the room. Then I gave an order, and (C)they cleansed the rooms; and I returned the utensils of the house of God there with the grain offering and the frankincense.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 13:7 Or understood
  2. Nehemiah 13:7 An Ammonite, banned from the temple
  3. Nehemiah 13:7 Or chamber, and so in vv 8, 9

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