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Nehemiah 13:4-6
New English Translation
Nehemiah 13:4-6
New English Translation
4 But before this time, Eliashib the priest, a relative of Tobiah, had been appointed over the storerooms[a] of the temple of our God. 5 He made for himself a large storeroom where previously they had been keeping[b] the grain offering, the incense, and the vessels, along with the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil as commanded for the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the offering for the priests.
6 During all this time I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes of Babylon, I had gone back to the king. After some time[c] I had requested leave of the king,
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- Nehemiah 13:4 tc The translation reads the plural rather than the singular of the MT.
- Nehemiah 13:5 tn Heb “giving.”
- Nehemiah 13:6 tn Heb “to the end of days.”
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