Nehemiah 13:4-13

4Now before this, the priest Eliashib had been put in charge of the storerooms of the house of our God. He was a relative of Tobiah

5and had prepared a large room for him where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the articles, and the tenths of grain, new wine, and fresh oil prescribed for the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.

6While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to King Artaxerxes of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. It was only later that I asked the king for a leave of absence

7so I could return to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done on behalf of Tobiah by providing him a room in the courts of God’s house.

8I was greatly displeased and threw all of Tobiah’s household possessions out of the room.

9I ordered that the rooms be purified, and I had the articles of the house of God restored there, along with the grain offering and frankincense.

10I also found out that because the portions for the Levites had not been given, each of the Levites and the singers performing the service had gone back to his own field.

11Therefore, I rebuked the officials, asking, “Why has the house of God been neglected?” I gathered the Levites and singers together and stationed them at their posts.

12Then all Judah brought a tenth of the grain, new wine, and fresh oil into the storehouses.

13I appointed as treasurers over the storehouses the priest Shelemiah, the scribe Zadok, and Pedaiah of the Levites, with Hanan son of Zaccur, son of Mattaniah to assist them, because they were considered trustworthy. They were responsible for the distribution to their colleagues.