Nehemiah 13:11 “So I rebuked the officials and asked, “Why has the house of God been n…”

Nehemiah 13:11

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,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

World English Bible

Then I contended with the rulers, and said, “Why is God’s house forsaken?” I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

American Standard Version

Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then reproued I the rulers and sayd, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I assembled them, and set them in their place.

Darby Translation

Then I contended with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together and set them in their place.

Young's Literal Translation

And I strive with the prefects, and say, 'Wherefore hath the house of God been forsaken?' and I gather them, and set them on their station;

Bible in Basic English

Then I made protests to the chiefs, and said, Why has the house of God been given up? And I got them together and put them in their places.

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Cross references

“contend”

Nehemiah 13:17 Nehemiah 13:25 Nehemiah 5:6–13 Job 31:34 Proverbs 28:4

Nehemiah 13:17 · BSB

Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day?

Nehemiah 13:25 · BSB

I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take th…

Nehemiah 5:6–13 · BSB

When I heard their outcry and these complaints, I became extremely angry,

Job 31:34 · BSB

because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—

Proverbs 28:4 · BSB

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.

“Why is the house”

Nehemiah 10:39 1 Samuel 2:17 Malachi 3:8–11

Nehemiah 10:39 · BSB

For the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the sin…

1 Samuel 2:17 · BSB

Thus the sin of these young men was severe in the sight of the LORD, for they were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt.

Malachi 3:8–11 · BSB

Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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.

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

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