Nehemiah 13
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Nehemiah 13:5-12

5He was closely associated with Tobiah and provided him with a large chamber previously used to store the offerings, frankincense, and the Temple vessels, and also the tithes of grain, wine and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers and gatekeepers, along with the offerings for the kohanim.

6I was not in Jerusalem during all this, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon, I went to the king. After a period of time, I requested to take leave from the king

7and returned to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done by preparing a chamber for Tobiah in the courts of the House of God.

8It greatly displeased me, so I threw all of Tobiah’s household goods outside of the storeroom

9and commanded the storerooms to be cleansed. Then I restored the utensils of the House of God, the offerings and the frankincense.

10I also learned that the portions for the Levites had not been provided, and that each of the Levites and singers who performed the work had gone back to his own field.

11So I rebuked the leaders and asked, “Why has the House of God been forsaken?” I assembled them and stationed them at their posts.

12Then all Judah brought the tithe of grain, new wine and oil to the storehouses.

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