He said to them, “Listen to me, Levites! Sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of the Lord, the God of your ancestors, and carry out the filth from the holy place.
Nehemiah 13:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Then I gave orders, and they cleansed the chambers, and I brought back the vessels of the house of God, with the grain offering and the frankincense. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the frankincense. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers; and I brought back there the vessels of the house of God, with the cereal offerings and the frankincense. American Standard Version (1901) Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meal-offerings and the frankincense. Common English Bible Then I gave orders that the rooms be purified, and I put back the temple equipment, along with the grain offering and the incense. Catholic Public Domain Version And I gave instructions, and they cleansed again the storeroom. And I brought back, into that place, the vessels of the house of God, the sacrifice, and the frankincense. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I commanded and they cleansed the storehouses. And I brought thither again the vessels of the house of God, the sacrifice, and the frankincense. |
He said to them, “Listen to me, Levites! Sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of the Lord, the God of your ancestors, and carry out the filth from the holy place.
and to bring the first of our dough, and our contributions, the fruit of every tree, the wine and the oil, to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and to bring to the Levites the tithes from our soil, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all our rural towns.
They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, as did the singers and the gatekeepers, according to the command of David and his son Solomon.
There was a chamber with its door in the vestibule of the gate where the burnt offering was to be washed.