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Nehemiah 13:5 KJV
Nehemiah · chapter 13 · verse 5
And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.Nehemiah 13:5 · King James Version
Nehemiah 13:5 in context
3Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.
4And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah:
5And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.
6But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king:
7And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- frankincenselᵉbôwnâhfrankincenseH3828 →
- aforetimepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- offeringsminchâha donationH4503 →
- preparedʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- chamberlishkâha room in a buildingH3957 →
- vesselskᵉlîysomething preparedH3627 →
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It was the honour of Israel, and the greatest preservation of their holiness, that they were a peculiar people, and were so to keep themselves, and not to mingle with the nations, nor suffer any of them to incorporate with them. Now here we have, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9