Nehemiah 13:10-14

10 I also found out that ¹the portions of the Levites had not been given to them, so that the Levites and the singers, who did the work, had fled each ²to his field.

11 ³So I confronted the officials and said, ⁴"Why is the house of God forsaken?" And I gathered them together and set them in their stations.

12 Then all Judah brought ⁵the tithe of the grain, wine, and oil into the storehouses.

13 And ⁶I appointed as treasurers over the storehouses Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, and as their assistant Hanan the son of Zaccur, son of Mattaniah, ⁷for they were considered reliable, and their duty was to distribute to their brothers.

14 ⁸Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and do not wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God and for his service.

Nehemiah 13:10-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NEHEMIAH 13

This chapter relates the reformation of various abuses crept in among the Jews by Nehemiah, who removed the Moabites and Ammonites, mixed with them, Ne 13:1-3, threw the household goods of Tobiah out of a chamber of the temple, and restored it to its former use, Ne 13:4-9, took care that the Levites had their portion given them which had been kept from them, Ne 13:10-14 prevented the profanation of the sabbath by selling goods on that day, Ne 13:15-22, and put a stop to the marrying of strange wives, which had prevailed again among them, Ne 13:23-31.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Chronicles 31:4; [Malachi 3:8]
• 2. Nehemiah 12:28, 29
• 3. ver. 17, 25
• 4. [Nehemiah 10:39]
• 5. [Nehemiah 10:38, 39; Nehemiah 12:44]
• 6. [2 Chronicles 31:12, 13]
• 7. Nehemiah 7:2; [1 Corinthians 4:2]
• 8. ver. 22, 31; Nehemiah 5:19