Nehemiah 13:9 KJV

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.

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Matthew Henry

  • Nehemiah turns out the mixed multitudeIsrael was a peculiar people, and not to mingle with the nations. See the benefit of publicly reading the word of God; when it is duly attended to, it...

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Cross References

  • 2 Chronicles 29:5 And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.
  • 2 Chronicles 29:15–19 And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD. …
  • Nehemiah 12:45 And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

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  • God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • Then I commanded וָאֹמְרָה wāʾōmĕrâ אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, first person common singular · with and
  • and they cleansed וַיְטַהֲרוּ wayṭahărû טָהֵר Verb · piel sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
  • the chambers הַלְּשָׁכוֹת hallĕšākôt לִשְׁכָּה Noun · feminine plural · with the
  • and thither brought I again וָאָשִׁיבָה wāʾāšîbâ שׁוּב Verb · hiphil sequential imperfect, first person common singular · with and שָּׁם šām Adverb
  • the vessels כְּלֵי kĕlê כְּלִי Noun · masculine plural construct
  • of the house בֵּית bêt בַּיִת Noun · masculine singular construct
  • of God הָאֱלֹהִים hāʾĕlōhîm אֱלֹהִים Noun · masculine plural · with the
  • with the meat offering אֶת ʾet Preposition הַמִּנְחָה hamminḥâ מִנְחָה Noun · feminine singular · with the
  • and the frankincense וְהַלְּבוֹנָה wĕhallĕbônâ לְבוֹנָה Noun · feminine singular · with and, the

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