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Nehemiah 13:9

American Standard Version

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.

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Nehemiah 13:9 in other translations

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.

Nehemiah 13:9 · World English Bible

Nehemiah 13:9 in context

  1. 7and I came to Jerusalem, and understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.
  2. 8And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.
  3. 9Then 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.
  4. 10And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them; so that the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.
  5. 11Then 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.