Nehemiah 13:5–12

⁵and he had prepared for him a great chamber, ⁱwhere 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. ⁶But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the ^ktwo and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes ^lking of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king: ⁷and I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that ^gEliashib did for ^hTobiah, ^min preparing him ⁿa chamber in the courts of the house of God. ⁸And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber. ⁹Then I commanded, and they ^ocleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again ^mthe vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the frankincense.

¹⁰And I perceived that ^pthe portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to ^qhis field. ¹¹Then ^rcontended I with the rulers, and said, Why is ^sthe house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place. ¹²Then brought all Judah ^tthe tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries.