Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
On
that day
there
was
read
in
the book of Moses ,
in the ears
of the people, and it
hath
been
found
written
in it that an
Ammonite and
Moabite doth
not
come
into
the assembly of God --
unto
the
age
,
At
that time
the Book of Moses was
read
aloud
in the hearing
of the people, and in it they
found
the
passage
stating
that no
Ammonite or
Moabite should
ever
enter
the assembly of God,
because they have
not come
before
the sons
of
Israel
with bread
and with
water, and
hire
against
them
Balaam to revile
them ,
and
our God turneth
the reviling
into a blessing.
because they had
not met
the Israelites
with food
and water, but
had
hired
Balaam to call
down
a
curse
against
them (although
our God had
turned
the curse
into a blessing )
.
And
it
cometh
to
pass,
at
their
hearing
the law, that
they separate
all
the
mixed
people
from Israel.
As
soon
as
the people
heard
this
law, they excluded
from Israel all
of
foreign
descent
.
And
before this Eliashib the priest, appointed
over
chambers
of the house of our God ,
`is'
a
relation
of
Tobiah,
Now
before this ,
Eliashib the priest, a
relative
of Tobiah,
had
been
put
in
charge
of
the storerooms
of
the
house of our God
and he
maketh
for him
a great
chamber,
and
there
they were
formerly
putting
the present
, the frankincense, and
the vessels
, and the tithe
of the
corn
, the
new wine, and the
oil --
the
commanded
thing
of
the Levites, and
the
singers, and the
gatekeepers --
and
the heave-offering
of
the priests.
and had
prepared
for Tobiah
a large
room
where
they had
previously
stored
the grain
offerings
, the frankincense, the temple
articles
, and the tithes
of grain
, new wine, and oil prescribed
for
the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers ,
along
with
the contributions
for
the priests.
And
during
all this I was not in Jerusalem, for
in
the
thirty
and
second
year
of
Artaxerxes king of Babylon did
I
come
unto
the
king,
and
at
the end
of days
I have
asked
of
the king ,
While
all this was
happening,
I was not in Jerusalem, because
I
had
returned
to
Artaxerxes king of Babylon in
the thirty-second
year
of his
reign.
Some
time
later
I obtained
leave
from
the king
and
I
come
in
to Jerusalem ,
and
understand
concerning
the evil that Eliashib hath
done for
Tobiah ,
to
make
to
him a chamber
in the courts of the house of God ,
to return
to
Jerusalem .
Then
I
discovered
the evil that Eliashib had
done on
behalf
of
Tobiah by
providing
him a room
in the courts of the house of God .
and it
is
very
displeasing
to
me,
and
I cast
all the
vessels
of the
house
of
Tobiah
without,
out of the chamber,
And I was
greatly
displeased
and
threw
all of Tobiah’s
household
goods
out of the room.
and
I speak,
and
they
cleanse
the chambers
, and I bring
back
thither
the vessels
of the house of God with the present
and the
frankincense.
Then
I ordered
that
the rooms
be
purified
, and I had
the articles
of the house of God restored
to
them,
along
with the grain
offerings
and frankincense.
And
I know
that the portions of
the Levites have
not been given ,
and
they
flee
each
to his
field
--
the Levites and the
singers ,
doing
the work
.
I 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
.
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;
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,
and all Judah have
brought in
the
tithe
of the corn
, and
of
the
new wine, and of
the
oil ,
to
the treasuries
.
and all Judah brought a
tenth
of the grain
, new wine, and oil into
the storerooms
.
And
I appoint
treasurers over the treasuries,
Shelemiah the priest, and
Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites ;
and
by
their
hand
`is'
Hanan son of Zaccur, son of Mattaniah, for
stedfast
they
have
been
reckoned,
and
on
them
`it
is'
to give
a
portion
to their brethren
.
I appointed
as
treasurers over the storerooms
Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites ,
with
Hanan son of Zaccur, the
son of Mattaniah, to assist
them,
because
they
were
considered
trustworthy.
They
were
responsible
for
distributing
the
supplies
to their fellow
Levites
.
Be
mindful
of
me, O my God, for
this,
and do not blot out my kind
acts
that
I
have
done,
for the house of my God ,
and for its charges
.
Remember
me for
this
, O my God, and do not blot out my deeds
of
loving
devotion
for the house of my God and for its services
.
In those days I have
seen
in Judah those
treading wine-vats
on sabbath ,
and bringing in the
sheaves,
and lading
on the
asses,
and
also
, wine, grapes, and figs ,
and
every
burden,
yea,
they
are
bringing
in
to
Jerusalem on the sabbath -
day ,
and
I testify
in
the
day
of
their
selling provision
.
In those days I saw
people
in Judah treading winepresses
on the
Sabbath and bringing in grain
and loading
it
on donkeys
, along
with
wine, grapes, and figs .
All
kinds
of
goods
were
being
brought
into
Jerusalem on the Sabbath day .
So
I warned
them
against
selling food
on
that
day
.
And
the
Tyrians
have
dwelt
in
it
, bringing
in
fish ,
and every
ware,
and selling on sabbath to the sons
of Judah and
in Jerusalem.
Additionally
, men
of
Tyre
who
lived
there
were
importing
fish and all
kinds
of
merchandise
and selling them
on the
Sabbath to the people
of Judah in Jerusalem.
And
I strive
with
the freemen
of Judah ,
and say
to
them
, `
What `
is '
this evil thing
that
ye
are doing ,
and
polluting
the sabbath -
day?
Then
I rebuked
the nobles
of Judah and asked
, “
What is this evil you
are doing —profaning
the Sabbath day?
Thus
did not your fathers
do ?
and
our God bringeth
in
on
us
all this evil,
and on this city ,
and ye
are adding
fierceness
on
Israel ,
to
pollute
the sabbath .'
Did not your forefathers
do the
same
things,
so
that
our God brought
all this disaster
on
us
and on this city ?
And now
you
are rekindling
His
wrath
against
Israel by
profaning
the Sabbath !”
And
it
cometh
to
pass,
when the gates of Jerusalem have
been
dark
before the sabbath, that
I speak,
and
the doors
are
shut ,
and I
say,
that
they
do
not open
them
till
after the sabbath ;
and
of my servants I
have
stationed
at the gates ;
there
doth
not
come
in
a
burden
on the sabbath -
day.
When the evening
shadows
began
to
fall
on
the
gates of Jerusalem ,
just
before the Sabbath, I ordered
that
the gates
be
shut and not opened
until
after the Sabbath .
I
posted
some
of my servants at the gates so
that
no
load
could
enter
on the Sabbath day.
And
they
lodge
--
the merchants and sellers
of
all ware
--
at
the
outside
of Jerusalem, once
or
twice,
Once
or
twice,
the merchants and those
who
sell
all kinds
of goods
camped
outside
Jerusalem,
and
I testify
against
them,
and
say
unto
them, `Wherefore
are ye
lodging
over-against
the wall? if ye
repeat
`
it '
, a
hand
I put
forth
upon
you ;'
from that time they have
not come
in
on the sabbath.
but
I warned
them, “Why
are you
camping
in
front
of
the wall? If you
do
it again
, I will
lay
hands
on
you .”
From that time on,
they did
not return
on the Sabbath.
And
I say
to
the Levites ,
that
they
be
cleansed,
and ,
coming
in,
keeping
the gates ,
to sanctify
the sabbath -
day. Also,
this,
remember for
me, O my God, and have
pity
on
me ,
according to the
abundance
of
Thy
kindness
.
Then
I instructed
the Levites to
purify
themselves
and guard
the gates in
order
to keep
the Sabbath day holy
. Remember me for
this
as
well
, O my God, and show
me mercy
according to Your
abundant
loving
devotion
.
Also,
in those days ,
I have
seen
the
Jews `
who '
have
settled
women of
Ashdod, of
Ammon, of
Moab.
In those days I also
saw
Jews who had
married
women from
Ashdod, Ammon, and
Moab.
And
of their sons
, half
are
speaking
Ashdoditish
--
and
are
not knowing
to
speak Jewish
--
and
according
to
the language of people
and
people
.
Half
of their children
spoke
the
language
of
Ashdod
or
of
the
other
peoples
, but
could
not speak the language of Judah
.
And
I strive
with
them ,
and declare
them vile,
and
smite
certain
of them,
and pluck
off
their hair ,
and
cause
them to
swear
by
God, `Ye
do
not give your daughters to their sons ,
nor
do
ye
take of
their daughters to
your sons ,
and
to
yourselves .
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 their daughters as
wives
for
your sons or
for
yourselves !
`By
these
did not Solomon
king of Israel sin? and
among
the
many
nations
there was no
king like him, and beloved
by his God he
was
, and
God
maketh
him king over all Israel --
even
him
did
the
strange
women cause
to
sin.
Did not King Solomon
of Israel sin in
matters
like
this
? There was not
a
king like him among
many
nations
, and he
was
loved
by his God, who
made
him king over all Israel —yet
foreign
women drew
him
into
sin.
And
to
you
do
we hearken
to
do
all this great
evil ,
to
trespass
against our God ,
to
settle
strange
women? '
Must
we now
hear
that
you
too
are
doing
all this terrible
evil and
acting
unfaithfully
against our God by
marrying
foreign
women? ”
And
`
one '
of the sons of Joiada
son of Eliashib the high priest ,
`is'
son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite ,
and
I cause
him to
flee
from off
me.
Even
one of the sons of Jehoiada
son of Eliashib the high priest had
become
a
son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite .
Therefore
I drove
him away
from me.
Be
mindful
of
them, O my God, for
the
redeemed
of
the priesthood ,
and the covenant of the priesthood ,
and of the Levites.
Remember
them, O my God, because
they
have
defiled
the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
And
I have
cleansed
them
from every
stranger
, and appoint
charges
to priests and to
Levites ,
each
in
his
work,
Thus
I purified
the
priests
and
Levites
from everything
foreign
, and I
assigned
specific
duties
to each
of
the
priests and Levites .
and
for the
wood -offering
at appointed times, and for first-fruits
. Be
mindful
of
me, O my God, for
good
.
I
also
arranged
for contributions
of
wood at the
appointed times, and for the
firstfruits
. Remember
me, O my God, with
favor
.
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