Nehemiah 13:5–12

⁵had prepared a large ¹room for him, where formerly they put the grain offerings, the frankincense, the utensils and the tithes of grain, wine and oil ^aprescribed for the Levites, the singers and the gatekeepers, and the ²contributions for the priests.

⁶But during all this time I was not in Jerusalem, for in ^athe thirty-second year of ^bArtaxerxes king of Babylon I had gone to the king. After some time, however, I asked leave from the king,

⁷and I came to Jerusalem and ¹learned about the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, ^aby preparing a ²room for him in the courts of the house of God.

⁸It was very displeasing to me, so I ^athrew all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.

⁹Then I gave an order and ^athey cleansed the rooms; and I returned there the utensils of the house of God with the grain offerings and the frankincense.

Tithes Restored

¹⁰I also ¹discovered that ^athe portions of the Levites had not been given them, so that the Levites and the singers who performed the service had ²gone away, ^beach to his own field.

¹¹So I ^1areprimanded the officials and said, “^bWhy is the house of God forsaken?” Then I gathered them together and restored them to their posts.

¹²All Judah then brought ^athe tithe of the grain, wine and oil into the storehouses.