Nehemiah 13:10-14

Tithes Restored

10 I also discovered that ¹the portions of the Levites had not been given them, so that the Levites and the singers who performed the service had gone away, ²each to his own field.

11 So I ³reprimanded the officials and said, "⁴Why is the house of God forsaken?" Then I gathered them together and restored them to their posts.

12 All Judah then brought ⁵the tithe of the grain, wine and oil into the storehouses.

13 In charge of the storehouses I appointed Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, and in addition * to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for ⁶they were considered reliable, and it was their task to distribute to their kinsmen.

14 ⁷Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my loyal deeds which I have performed for the house of my God and its services.

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. Deuteronomy 12:19; Nehemiah 10:37
• 2. Nehemiah 12:28, 29
• 3. Nehemiah 13:17, 25
• 4. Nehemiah 10:39
• 5. Nehemiah 10:37; Nehemiah 12:44; Malachi 3:10
• 6. Nehemiah 7:2
• 7. Nehemiah 5:19; Nehemiah 13:22, 31

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "knew"
• [b]. Lit "fled"
• [c]. Or "contended with"
• [d]. Lit "on them to"
• [e]. Lit "brothers"