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NE-13:1 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the
audience of the
people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the
Moabite
should not come into the congregation of God for ever;
NE-13:2 Because they met not the children of Israel with bread
and with
water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them:
howbeit our
God turned the curse into a blessing.
NE-13:3 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that
they separated
from Israel all the mixed multitude.
NE-13:4 And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the
oversight of the
chamber of the house of our God, [was] allied unto Tobiah:
NE-13:5 And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where
aforetime they
laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and
the tithes of
the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded [to be
given] to the
Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of
the priests.
NE-13:6 But in all this [time] was not I at Jerusalem: for in
the two and
thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the
king, and after
certain days obtained I leave of the king:
NE-13:7 And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil
that Eliashib did
for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the
house of God.
NE-13:8 And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the
household
stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.
NE-13:9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and
thither brought
I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering
and the
frankincense.
NE-13:10 And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had
not been given
[them]: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were
fled every
one to his field.
NE-13:11 Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the
house of God
forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their
place.
NE-13:12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the
new wine and
the oil unto the treasuries.
NE-13:13 And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah
the priest, and
Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them
[was] Hanan
the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted
faithful, and
their office [was] to distribute unto their brethren.
NE-13:14 Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not
out my good
deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the
offices thereof.
NE-13:15 In those days saw I in Judah [some] treading wine
presses on the
sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine,
grapes, and
figs, and all [manner of] burdens, which they brought into
Jerusalem on the
sabbath day: and I testified [against them] in the day wherein
they sold
victuals.
NE-13:16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought
fish, and all
manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of
Judah, and in
Jerusalem.
NE-13:17 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said
unto them, What
evil thing [is] this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?
NE-13:18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring
all this evil
upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel
by profaning
the sabbath.
NE-13:19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem
began to be
dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be
shut, and
charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath:
and [some] of
my servants set I at the gates, [that] there should no burden be
brought in on
the sabbath day.
NE-13:20 So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware
lodged without
Jerusalem once or twice.
NE-13:21 Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why
lodge ye
about the wall? if ye do [so] again, I will lay hands on you.
From that time
forth came they no [more] on the sabbath.
NE-13:22 And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse
themselves, and
[that] they should come [and] keep the gates, to sanctify the
sabbath day.
Remember me, O my God, [concerning] this also, and spare me
according to the
greatness of thy mercy.
NE-13:23 In those days also saw I Jews [that] had married wives
of Ashdod, of
Ammon, [and] of Moab:
NE-13:24 And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod,
and could not
speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of
each people.
NE-13:25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote
certain of
them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God,
[saying], Ye
shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their
daughters unto
your sons, or for yourselves.
NE-13:26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things?
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