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Nehemiah 13
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13ON THAT day they read in the Book of Moses in the audience of the people, and in it was found written that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever come into the assembly of God,H3117H7121H5612H4872H241H5971H4672H3789H5984H4125H935H6951H430H5704H5769 2For they met not the Israelites with food and drink but hired Balaam to curse them; yet our God turned the curse into a blessing.H6923H1121H3478H3899H4325H7936H1109H7043H430H2015H7045H1293 3When [the Jews] heard the law, they separated from Israel all who were of foreign descent.H8085H8451H914H3478H6154 4Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, and was related [by marriage] to Tobiah [our adversary],H6440H475H3548H5414H3957H1004H430H7138H2900 5Prepared for Tobiah a large chamber where previously they had put the cereal offerings, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil which were given by commandment to the Levites, the singers, and gatekeepers, and the contributions for the priests.H6213H1419H3957H6440H5414H4503H3828H3627H4643H1715H8492H3323H4687H3881H7891H7778H8641H3548 6But in all this time I was not at Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes [Persian] king of Babylon I went to the king. Then later I asked leave of himH3389H8147H7970H8141H783H4428H894H935H4428H7093H3117H7592H4428 7And came to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah in preparing him [an adversary] a chamber in the courts of the house of God!H935H3389H995H7451H475H6213H2900H6213H5393H2691H1004H430 8And it grieved me exceedingly, and I threw all the house furnishings of Tobiah out of the chamber.H3415H3966H7993H1004H3627H2900H2351H3957 9Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers; and I brought back there the vessels of the house of God, with the cereal offerings and the frankincense.H559H2891H3957H7725H3627H1004H430H4503H3828 10And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them, so that the Levites and the singers who did the work [forced by necessity] had each fled to his field.H3045H4521H3881H5414H3881H7891H6213H4399H1272H376H7704 11Then I contended with the officials and said, Why is the house of God neglected {and} forsaken? I gathered the Levites and singers and set them in their stations.H7378H5461H559H1004H430H5800H6908H5975H5977 12Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain, the new wine, and the oil to the storerooms.H935H3063H4643H1715H8492H3323H214 13I set treasurers over the storerooms: Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites; assisting them was Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, for they were counted faithful, and their task was to distribute to their brethren.H686H214H8018H3548H6659H5608H3881H6305H3027H2605H1121H2139H1121H4983H2803H539H2505H251 14O my God, [earnestly] remember me concerning this and wipe not out my good deeds {and} kindnesses done for the house of my God and for His service.H2142H430H4229H2617H6213H1004H430H4929 15In those days I saw in Judah men treading winepresses on the Sabbath, bringing in sheaves {or} heaps of grain with which they loaded donkeys, as well as wine, grapes, figs, and all sorts of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. And I protested {and} warned them on the day they sold the produce.H3117H7200H3063H1869H1660H7676H935H6194H6006H2543H3196H6025H8384H4853H935H3389H7676H3117H5749H3117H4376H6718 16There dwelt men of Tyre there also who brought fish and all kinds of wares and sold on the Sabbath to the people of Judah and in Jerusalem.H3427H6876H935H1709H1709H4377H4376H7676H1121H3063H3389 17Then I reproved the nobles of Judah and said, What evil thing is this that you do--profaning the Sabbath day?H7378H2715H3063H559H7451H1697H6213H2490H7676H3117 18Did not your fathers do thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us and upon this city? Yet you bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the Sabbath.H6213H1H935H430H935H7451H5892H935H3254H2740H3478H2490H7676 19And when it began to get dark at the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath [day began], I commanded that the gates should be shut and not be opened till after the Sabbath. And I set some of my servants at the gates to prevent any burden being brought in on the Sabbath day.H8179H3389H6751H6440H7676H559H1817H5462H559H6605H310H7676H5288H5975H8179H4853H935H7676H3117 20So the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside Jerusalem once or twice.H7402H4376H4465H3885H2351H3389H6471H8147 21But I reproved {and} warned them, saying, Why do you lodge by the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you. Then they stopped coming on the Sabbath.H5749H559H3885H5048H2346H8138H7971H3027H6256H935H7676 22And I commanded the Levites to cleanse themselves and come and guard the gates to keep the Sabbath day holy. O my God, [earnestly] remember me concerning this also and spare me according to the greatness of Your mercy {and} loving-kindness.H559H3881H2891H935H8104H8179H6942H7676H3117H2142H430H2347H7230H2617 23In those days also I saw Jews who had married wives from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.H3117H7200H3064H3427H802H796H5984H4125 24And their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak the Hebrew, but in the language of each people.H1121H1696H2677H797H5234H1696H3066H3956H5971H5971 25And I contended with them and reviled them and beat some of them and pulled out their hair and made them swear by God, saying, You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.H7378H7043H5221H582H4803H7650H430H5414H1323H1121H5375H1323H1121 26Did not Solomon king of Israel act treacherously against God {and} miss the mark on account of such women? Among many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel; yet strange women even caused him to sin [when he was old he turned treacherously away from the Lord to other gods, and God rent his kingdom from him].H8010H4428H3478H2398H7227H1471H4428H157H430H430H5414H4428H3478H1571H5237H802H2398 27Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil and act treacherously against our God by marrying strange (heathen) women?H8085H6213H1419H7451H4603H430H3427H5237H802 28One of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite; therefore I chased him from me.H1121H3111H1121H475H1419H3548H2860H5571H2772H1272 29O my God, [earnestly] remember them, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priests and Levites.H2142H430H1352H3550H1285H3550H3881 30Thus I cleansed them from everything foreign (heathen), and I defined the duties of the priests and Levites, everyone in his work;H2891H5236H5975H4931H3548H3881H376H4399 31And I provided for the wood offering at appointed times, and for the firstfruits. O my God, [earnestly] remember me for good {and} imprint me [on Your heart]!H6086H7133H6256H2163H1061H2142H430H2896


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