OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 11

Nehemiah 13:11

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Then I contended with the rulers, and said, “Why is God’s house forsaken?” I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

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Nehemiah 13:8–14

8

It grieved me severely. Therefore I threw all Tobiah’s household stuff out of the room.

9

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.

10

I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them, so that the Levites and the singers, who did the work, had each fled to his field.

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Then I contended with the rulers, and said, “Why is God’s house forsaken?” I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

12

Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain, the new wine, and the oil to the treasuries.

13

I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted faithful, and their business was to distribute to their brothers.

14

Remember me, my God, concerning this, and don’t wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for its observances.

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