Focused Passage

Nehemiah 13:10-14

Nehemiah Returns to Confront Compromise and Restore Covenant Faithfulness

After the Law exposes the need for separation, Nehemiah returns and confronts temple compromise, restores Levite support, enforces Sabbath holiness, rebukes intermarriage, purifies the priesthood, and repeatedly appeals to God to remember him.

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10 I also learned that because the portions for the Levites had not been given to them, all the Levites and singers responsible for performing the service had gone back to their own fields.

11 So I rebuked the officials and asked, “Why has the house of God been neglected?” Then I gathered the Levites and singers together and stationed them at their posts,

12 and all Judah brought a tenth of the grain, new wine, and oil into the storerooms.

13 I appointed as treasurers over the storerooms Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, with Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, to assist them, because they were considered trustworthy. They were responsible for distributing the supplies to their fellow Levites.

14 Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my deeds of loving devotion for the house of my God and for its services.

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Verse 10

Original words

I also learned וָאֵ֣דְעָ֔ה H3045 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular that כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction because the portions מְנָי֥וֹת H4521 Noun - feminine plural construct for the Levites הַלְוִיִּ֖ם H3881 Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural had not לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle been given to them נִתָּ֑נָה H5414 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular all אִישׁ־ H376 Noun - masculine singular the Levites הַלְוִיִּ֥ם H3881 Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural and singers וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖ים H7891 Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural responsible for performing עֹשֵׂ֥י H6213 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct the service הַמְּלָאכָֽה׃ H4399 Article | Noun - feminine singular had gone back וַיִּבְרְח֧וּ H1272 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural to their own fields לְשָׂדֵ֛הוּ H7704 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Verse 11

Original words

So I rebuked וָאָרִ֙יבָה֙ H7378 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular אֶת־ אֶת־ H854 Preposition the officials הַסְּגָנִ֔ים H5461 Article | Noun - masculine plural and asked וָאֹ֣מְרָ֔ה H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular Why מַדּ֖וּעַ H4069 Interrogative has the house בֵּית־ H1004 Noun - masculine singular construct of God הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים H430 Article | Noun - masculine plural been neglected נֶעֱזַ֣ב H5800 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Then I gathered the Levites and singers together וָֽאֶ֨קְבְּצֵ֔ם H6908 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural and stationed them וָֽאַעֲמִדֵ֖ם H5975 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural at עַל־ H5921 Preposition their posts עָמְדָֽם׃ H5977 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Verse 12

Original words

and all וְכָל־ H3605 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Judah יְהוּדָ֗ה H3063 Noun - proper - masculine singular brought הֵבִ֜יאוּ H935 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural a tenth מַעְשַׂ֧ר H4643 Noun - masculine singular construct of the grain הַדָּגָ֛ן H1715 Article | Noun - masculine singular new wine וְהַתִּיר֥וֹשׁ H8492 Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular and oil וְהַיִּצְהָ֖ר H3323 Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular into the storerooms לָאוֹצָרֽוֹת׃ H214 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Verse 13

Original words

I appointed as treasurers וָאוֹצְרָ֣ה H686 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular over עַל־ H5921 Preposition the storerooms א֠וֹצָרוֹת H214 Noun - masculine plural Shelemiah שֶׁלֶמְיָ֨ה H8018 Noun - proper - masculine singular the priest הַכֹּהֵ֜ן H3548 Article | Noun - masculine singular Zadok וְצָד֣וֹק H6659 Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular the scribe הַסּוֹפֵ֗ר H5608 Article | Noun - masculine singular and Pedaiah וּפְדָיָה֙ H6305 Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular of מִן־ H4480 Preposition the Levites הַלְוִיִּ֔ם H3881 Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural with Hanan חָנָ֥ן H2605 Noun - proper - masculine singular son בֶּן־ H1121 Noun - masculine singular construct of Zaccur זַכּ֖וּר H2139 Noun - proper - masculine singular the son בֶּן־ H1121 Noun - masculine singular construct of Mattaniah מַתַּנְיָ֑ה H4983 Noun - proper - masculine singular to assist וְעַל־ H5921 Conjunctive waw | Preposition them יָדָ֔ם H3027 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural because כִּ֤י H3588 Conjunction they were considered נֶחְשָׁ֔בוּ H2803 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural trustworthy נֶאֱמָנִים֙ H539 Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural They were responsible for וַעֲלֵיהֶ֖ם H5921 Conjunctive waw | Preposition | third person masculine plural distributing the supplies לַחֲלֹ֥ק H2505 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct to their fellow [Levites] לַאֲחֵיהֶֽם׃פ H251 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Verse 14

Original words

Remember זָכְרָה־ H2142 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular me לִּ֥י Preposition | first person common singular for עַל־ H5921 Preposition this זֹ֑את H2063 Pronoun - feminine singular O my God אֱלֹהַ֖י H430 Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular and do not וְאַל־ H408 Conjunctive waw | Adverb blot out תֶּ֣מַח H4229 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular my deeds of loving devotion חֲסָדַ֗י H2617 Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular - אֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Pronoun - relative - עָשִׂ֛יתִי H6213 Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular for the house בְּבֵ֥ית H1004 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct of my God אֱלֹהַ֖י H430 Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular and for its services וּבְמִשְׁמָרָֽיו׃ H4929 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular

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