ASV_Strong : Nehemiah 13
1. On that day[H3117] they read[H7121] in the book[H5612] of Moses[H4872] in the audience[H241] of the people[H5971]; and therein was found[H4672] written[H3789], that an Ammonite[H5984] and a Moabite[H4125] should not enter[H935] into the assembly[H6951] of God[H430] for[H5704] ever[H5769],
2. because they met[H6923] not the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] with bread[H3899] and with water[H4325], but hired[H7936] Balaam[H1109] against them[H7043], to curse them[H430]: howbeit our God turned[H2015] the curse[H7043] into a blessing[H1293].
3. And it came to pass[H8085], when they had heard the law[H8451], that they separated[H914] from Israel[H3478] all the mixed multitude[H6154].
4. Now before[H6440] this[H475], Eliashib the priest[H3548], who was appointed[H5414] over the chambers[H3957] of the house[H1004] of our God[H430], being allied[H7138] unto Tobiah[H2900],
5. had prepared[H6213] for him a great[H1419] chamber[H3957], where aforetime[H6440] they laid[H5414] the meal-offerings[H4503], the frankincense[H3828], and the vessels[H3627], and the tithes[H4643] of the grain[H1715], the new wine[H8492], and the oil[H3323], which were given by commandment[H4687] to the Levites[H3881], and the singers[H7891], and the porters[H7778]; and the heave-offerings[H8641] for the priests[H3548].
6. But in all this time I was not at Jerusalem[H3389]; for in the two[H8147] and thirtieth[H7970] year[H8141] of Artaxerxes[H783] king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] I went[H935] unto the king[H4428]: and after[H7093] certain days[H3117] asked I leave[H7592] of the king[H4428],
7. and I came[H935] to Jerusalem[H3389], and understood[H995] the evil[H7451] that Eliashib[H475] had done[H6213] for Tobiah[H2900], in preparing[H6213] him a chamber[H5393] in the courts[H2691] of the house[H1004] of God[H430].
8. And it grieved[H3415] me sore[H3966]: therefore I cast forth[H7993] all the household[H1004] stuff[H3627] of Tobiah[H2900] out of[H2351] the chamber[H3957].
9. Then I commanded[H559], and they cleansed[H2891] the chambers[H3957]: and thither brought I again[H7725] the vessels[H3627] of the house[H1004] of God[H430], with the meal-offerings[H4503] and the frankincense[H3828].
10. And I perceived[H3045] that the portions[H4521] of the Levites[H3881] had not been given[H5414] them[H3881]; so that the Levites and the singers[H7891], that did[H6213] the work[H4399], were fled[H1272] every one[H376] to his field[H7704].
11. Then contended[H7378] I with the rulers[H5461], and said[H559], Why is the house[H1004] of God[H430] forsaken[H5800]? And I gathered them together[H6908], and set[H5975] them in their place[H5977].
12. Then brought[H935] all Judah[H3063] the tithe[H4643] of the grain[H1715] and the new wine[H8492] and the oil[H3323] unto the treasuries[H214].
13. And I made treasurers[H686] over the treasuries[H214], Shelemiah[H8018] the priest[H3548], and Zadok[H6659] the scribe[H5608], and of the Levites[H3881], Pedaiah[H6305]: and next to them[H3027] was Hanan[H2605] the son[H1121] of Zaccur[H2139], the son[H1121] of Mattaniah[H4983]; for they were counted[H2803] faithful[H539], and their business was to distribute[H2505] unto their brethren[H251].
14. Remember[H2142] me[H430], O my God, concerning this[H4229], and wipe not out my good[H2617] deeds that I have done[H6213] for the house[H1004] of my God[H430], and for the observances thereof[H4929].
15. In those days[H3117] saw[H7200] I in Judah[H3063] some men treading[H1869] wine-presses[H1660] on the sabbath[H7676], and bringing in[H935] sheaves[H6194], and lading[H6006] asses[H2543] therewith[H3196]; as also wine, grapes[H6025], and figs[H8384], and all manner of burdens[H4853], which they brought[H935] into Jerusalem[H3389] on the sabbath[H7676] day[H3117]: and I testified[H5749] against them in the day[H3117] wherein they sold[H4376] victuals[H6718].
16. There dwelt[H3427] men of Tyre[H6876] also therein[H935], who brought in fish[H1709], and all manner of wares[H4377], and sold[H4376] on the sabbath[H7676] unto the children[H1121] of Judah[H3063], and in Jerusalem[H3389].
17. Then I contended[H7378] with the nobles[H2715] of Judah[H3063], and said[H559] unto them[H7451], What evil thing[H1697] is this that ye do[H6213], and profane[H2490] the sabbath[H7676] day[H3117]?
18. Did[H6213] not your fathers[H1] thus[H935], and did not our God[H430] bring[H935] all this evil[H7451] upon us[H5892], and upon this city? yet ye bring[H935] more[H3254] wrath[H2740] upon Israel[H3478] by profaning[H2490] the sabbath[H7676].
19. And it came to pass that[H8179], when the gates of Jerusalem[H3389] began to be dark[H6751] before[H6440] the sabbath[H7676], I commanded[H559] that the doors[H1817] should be shut[H5462], and commanded[H559] that they should not be opened[H6605] till after[H310] the sabbath[H7676]: and some of my servants[H5288] set[H5975] I over the gates[H8179], that there should no burden[H4853] be brought in[H935] on the sabbath[H7676] day[H3117].
20. So the merchants[H7402] and sellers[H4376] of all kind of wares[H4465] lodged[H3885] without[H2351] Jerusalem[H3389] once[H6471] or twice[H8147].
21. Then I testified[H5749] against them[H559], and said unto them[H3885], Why lodge ye about[H5048] the wall[H2346]? if ye do so again[H8138], I will lay[H7971] hands[H3027] on you[H6256]. From that time forth came[H935] they no more on the sabbath[H7676].
22. And I commanded[H559] the Levites[H3881] that they should purify[H2891] themselves[H935], and that they should come and keep[H8104] the gates[H8179], to sanctify[H6942] the sabbath[H7676] day[H3117]. Remember[H2142] unto me[H430], O my God, this also[H2347], and spare me according to the greatness[H7230] of thy lovingkindness[H2617].
23. In those days[H3117] also saw[H7200] I the Jews[H3064] that had married[H3427] women[H802] of Ashdod[H796], of Ammon[H5984], and of Moab[H4125]:
24. and their children[H1121] spake[H1696] half[H2677] in the speech of Ashdod[H797], and could[H5234] not speak[H1696] in the Jews[H3066]' language, but according to the language[H3956] of each[H5971] people[H5971].
25. And I contended[H7378] with them[H7043], and cursed them[H5221], and smote certain[H582] of them[H4803], and plucked off their hair, and made them swear[H7650] by God[H430], saying[H5414], Ye shall not give your daughters[H1323] unto their sons[H1121], nor take[H5375] their daughters[H1323] for your sons[H1121], or for yourselves.
26. Did not Solomon[H8010] king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] sin[H2398] by these things[H7227]? yet among many nations[H1471] was there no king[H4428] like him[H157], and he was beloved of his God[H430], and God[H430] made[H5414] him king[H4428] over all Israel[H3478]: nevertheless even him[H1571] did foreign[H5237] women[H802] cause to sin[H2398].
27. Shall we then hearken[H8085] unto you to do[H6213] all this great[H1419] evil[H7451], to trespass[H4603] against our God[H430] in marrying[H3427] foreign[H5237] women[H802]?
28. And one of the sons[H1121] of Joiada[H3111], the son[H1121] of Eliashib[H475] the high[H1419] priest[H3548], was son-in[H2860]-law to Sanballat[H5571] the Horonite[H2772]: therefore I chased him from me[H1272].
29. Remember[H2142] them[H430], O my God, because they have defiled[H1352] the priesthood[H3550], and the covenant[H1285] of the priesthood[H3550], and of the Levites[H3881].
30. Thus cleansed[H2891] I them from all foreigners[H5236], and appointed[H5975] charges[H4931] for the priests[H3548] and for the Levites[H3881], every one[H376] in his work[H4399];
31. and for the wood[H6086] - offering[H7133], at times[H6256] appointed[H2163], and for the first-fruits[H1061]. Remember[H2142] me[H430], O my God, for good[H2896].
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