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

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 13:7 Or understood
  2. Nehemiah 13:7 Or chamber, and so in vv 8, 9

and came back to Jerusalem. Here I learned about the evil thing Eliashib(A) had done in providing Tobiah(B) a room in the courts of the house of God. I was greatly displeased and threw all Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.(C) I gave orders to purify the rooms,(D) and then I put back into them the equipment of the house of God, with the grain offerings and the incense.(E)

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