Nehemiah 13:3-11

3So when they heard the Law, 1they excluded 2all foreigners from Israel.

4Now prior to this, Eliashib the priest, 3who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, being 4related to 5Tobiah, 5had prepared a large 6room for him, where previously they used to put the grain offerings, the frankincense, the utensils and the tithes of grain, wine, and oil 7prescribed for the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the 8contributions for the priests. 6But during all this time I was not in Jerusalem, for in 9the thirty-second year of 10Artaxerxes king of Babylon I had come to the king. After some time, however, I requested a leave of absence from the king, 7and I came to Jerusalem and 11learned about the evil that Eliashib had committed for 12Tobiah, 13by preparing a 14room for him in the courtyards of the house of God. 8It was very displeasing to me, so I 15threw all of Tobiah’s household articles out of the room. 9Then I gave an order, and 16they cleansed the rooms; and I returned the utensils of the house of God there with the grain offering and the frankincense.

10I also 17discovered that 18the portions of the Levites had not been given to them, so the Levites and the singers who performed the service had 19gone away, 20each to his own field. 11So I 2122reprimanded the officials and said, “23Why has the house of God been neglected?” Then I gathered them together and stationed them at their posts.