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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10I 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.

11So 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,

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

13I 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.

14Remember 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 learnedוָאֵ֣דְעָ֔הH3045Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singularthatכִּֽי־H3588Conjunctionbecause the portionsמְנָי֥וֹתH4521Noun - feminine plural constructfor the Levitesהַלְוִיִּ֖םH3881Article | Noun - proper - masculine pluralhad notלֹ֣אH3808Adverb - Negative particlebeen given to themנִתָּ֑נָהH5414Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singularallאִישׁ־H376Noun - masculine singularthe Levitesהַלְוִיִּ֥םH3881Article | Noun - proper - masculine pluraland singersוְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖יםH7891Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine pluralresponsible for performingעֹשֵׂ֥יH6213Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural constructthe serviceהַמְּלָאכָֽה׃H4399Article | Noun - feminine singularhad gone backוַיִּבְרְח֧וּH1272Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralto their own fieldsלְשָׂדֵ֛הוּH7704Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Verse 11

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So I rebukedוָאָרִ֙יבָה֙H7378Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singularאֶת־אֶת־H854Prepositionthe officialsהַסְּגָנִ֔יםH5461Article | Noun - masculine pluraland askedוָאֹ֣מְרָ֔הH559Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singularWhyמַדּ֖וּעַH4069Interrogativehas the houseבֵּית־H1004Noun - masculine singular constructof Godהָאֱלֹהִ֑יםH430Article | Noun - masculine pluralbeen neglectedנֶעֱזַ֣בH5800Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singularThen I gathered the Levites and singers togetherוָֽאֶ֨קְבְּצֵ֔םH6908Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine pluraland stationed themוָֽאַעֲמִדֵ֖םH5975Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine pluralatעַל־H5921Prepositiontheir postsעָמְדָֽם׃H5977Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Verse 12

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and allוְכָל־H3605Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular constructJudahיְהוּדָ֗הH3063Noun - proper - masculine singularbroughtהֵבִ֜יאוּH935Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plurala tenthמַעְשַׂ֧רH4643Noun - masculine singular constructof the grainהַדָּגָ֛ןH1715Article | Noun - masculine singularnew wineוְהַתִּיר֥וֹשׁH8492Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singularand oilוְהַיִּצְהָ֖רH3323Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singularinto the storeroomsלָאוֹצָרֽוֹת׃H214Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Verse 13

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I appointed as treasurersוָאוֹצְרָ֣הH686Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singularoverעַל־H5921Prepositionthe storeroomsא֠וֹצָרוֹתH214Noun - masculine pluralShelemiahשֶׁלֶמְיָ֨הH8018Noun - proper - masculine singularthe priestהַכֹּהֵ֜ןH3548Article | Noun - masculine singularZadokוְצָד֣וֹקH6659Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singularthe scribeהַסּוֹפֵ֗רH5608Article | Noun - masculine singularand Pedaiahוּפְדָיָה֙H6305Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singularofמִן־H4480Prepositionthe Levitesהַלְוִיִּ֔םH3881Article | Noun - proper - masculine pluralwith Hananחָנָ֥ןH2605Noun - proper - masculine singularsonבֶּן־H1121Noun - masculine singular constructof Zaccurזַכּ֖וּרH2139Noun - proper - masculine singularthe sonבֶּן־H1121Noun - masculine singular constructof Mattaniahמַתַּנְיָ֑הH4983Noun - proper - masculine singularto assistוְעַל־H5921Conjunctive waw | Prepositionthemיָדָ֔םH3027Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine pluralbecauseכִּ֤יH3588Conjunctionthey were consideredנֶחְשָׁ֔בוּH2803Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common pluraltrustworthyנֶאֱמָנִים֙H539Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine pluralThey were responsible forוַעֲלֵיהֶ֖םH5921Conjunctive waw | Preposition | third person masculine pluraldistributing the suppliesלַחֲלֹ֥קH2505Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructto their fellow [Levites]לַאֲחֵיהֶֽם׃פH251Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Verse 14

Original words

Rememberזָכְרָה־H2142Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singularmeלִּ֥יPreposition | first person common singularforעַל־H5921Prepositionthisזֹ֑אתH2063Pronoun - feminine singularO my Godאֱלֹהַ֖יH430Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singularand do notוְאַל־H408Conjunctive waw | Adverbblot outתֶּ֣מַחH4229Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singularmy deeds of loving devotionחֲסָדַ֗יH2617Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular-אֲשֶׁ֥רH834Pronoun - relative-עָשִׂ֛יתִיH6213Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularfor the houseבְּבֵ֥יתH1004Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructof my Godאֱלֹהַ֖יH430Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singularand for its servicesוּבְמִשְׁמָרָֽיו׃H4929Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular

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