He said to them, ‘Hear me, Levites. Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the temple of the Lord, the God of your ancestors. Remove everything impure from the holy place.
Nehemiah 13:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised I ordered that the rooms be purified, and I had the articles of the house of God restored there, along with the grain offering and frankincense. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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, ‘Hear me, Levites. Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the temple of the Lord, the God of your ancestors. Remove everything impure from the holy place.
We will bring a loaf from our first batch of dough to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God. We will also bring the firstfruits of our grain offerings, of every fruit tree, and of the new wine and fresh oil. A tenth of our land’s produce belongs to the Levites, for the Levites are to collect the one-tenth offering in all our agricultural towns.
They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, as David and his son Solomon had prescribed.
There was a chamber whose door opened into the gate’s portico. The burnt offering was to be washed there.