Nehemiah 13:13-15
New English Translation
13 I gave instructions[a] that Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and a certain Levite named Pedaiah be put in charge of[b] the storerooms, and that Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, be their assistant,[c] for they were regarded as trustworthy. It was then their responsibility to oversee the distribution to their colleagues.[d]
14 Please remember me for this, O my God, and do not wipe out the kindness that I have done for the temple of my God and for its services!
15 In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath, bringing in heaps of grain and loading them onto donkeys, along with wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of loads, and bringing them to Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them on the day that they sold these provisions.
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- Nehemiah 13:13 tc Probably one should read with the Lucianic Greek recension, the Syriac Peshitta, and the Vulgate וָאֲצַוֶּה (vaʾatsavveh, “and I commanded”) rather than the rare denominative verb וָאוֹצְרָה (vaʾotserah, “and I appointed over the storeroom”) of the MT.
- Nehemiah 13:13 tn Heb “be over”
- Nehemiah 13:13 tn Heb “on their hand.”
- Nehemiah 13:13 tn Heb “brothers.”
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