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. ^6*But 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.