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Chapter 13 On that day they read in the
book of Moses in the audience of the

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people, and therein was found written that
the Ammonite and the Moabite should not

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come into the congregation of God forever,
because they met not the children of

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Israel with bread and with water,
but hired Balaam against them,

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that he should curse them, howbeit our God
turned the curse into a blessing.

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Now it came to pass when they had heard
the law that they separated from Israel

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all the mixed multitude.

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And before this Eliashib the priest,
having the oversight of the chamber of the

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house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah.

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And he had prepared for him a great
chamber, where aforetime they laid the

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meat offerings, the frankincense,
and the vessels, and the tithes of the

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corn, the new wine and the oil,
which was commanded to be given to the

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Levites, and the singers, and the porters,
and the offerings of the priests.

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But in all this time was not I at
Jerusalem, for in the two-and-thirtieth

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year of Atazerxes king of Babylon came I
unto the king, and after certain days

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obtained I leave of the king.

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And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of
the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah in

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preparing him a chamber in the courts of
the house of God.

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And it grieved me sore.

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Therefore I cast forth all the household
stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.

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Then I commanded, and they cleansed the
chambers, and thither brought I again the

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vessels of the house of God, with the meat
offering and the frankincense.

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And I perceived that the portions of the
Levites had not been given them,

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for the Levites and the singers that did
the work were fled every one to his field.

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Then contended I with the rulers,
and said, Why is the house of God

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forsaken?

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And I gathered them together, and set them
in their place.

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Then brought all Judah the tithe of the
corn, and the new wine and the oil,

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unto the treasuries.

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And I made treasurers over the treasuries,
Shalamiah the priest, and Zadok the

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scribe, and of the Levites, Hedayah.

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And next to them was Hanan the son of
Zechar, the son of Mataniah.

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For they were counted faithful,
and their office was to distribute unto

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their brethren.

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Remember me, O my God, concerning this,
and wipe not out my good deeds that I have

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done for the house of my God, and for the
offices thereof.

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In those days saw I in Judah some treading
winepresses on the Sabbath, and bringing

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in sheaves, and lading asses, as also
wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of

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burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem
on the Sabbath day.

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And I testified against them in the day,
wherein they sold vittles.

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There dwelt men of Tyre also therein,
which brought fish, and all manner of

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ware, and sold on the Sabbath unto the
children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.

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Then I contended with the nobles of Judah,
and said unto them, What evil thing is

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this that ye do, and profane the Sabbath
day?

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Did not your fathers thus?

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And did not our God bring all this evil
upon us, and upon this city?

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Yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by
profaning the Sabbath.

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And it came to pass, that when the gates
of Jerusalem began to be dark before the

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Sabbath, I commanded that the gates should
be shut, and charged that they should not

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be opened till after the Sabbath.

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And some of my servants set eye at the
gates, that there should no burden be

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brought in on the Sabbath day.

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So the merchants and sellers of all kind
of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or

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twice.

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Then I testified against them,
and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the

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wall?

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If ye do so again, I will lay hands on
you.

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From that time forth came they no more on
the Sabbath.

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And I commanded the Levites that they
should cleanse themselves, and that they

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should come and keep the gates,
to sanctify the Sabbath day.

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Remember me, O my God, concerning this
also, and spare me according to the

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greatness of thy mercy.

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In those days also saw I Jews that had
married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon,

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and of Moab.

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And their children spake half in the
speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in

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the Jews' language, but according to the
language of each people.

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And I contended with them, and cursed
them, and smote certain of them,

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and plucked off their hair, and made them
swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give

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your daughters unto their sons,
nor take their daughters unto your sons,

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or for yourselves.

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Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by
these things?

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Yet among many nations was there no king
like him, who was beloved of his God.

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And God made him king over all Israel.

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Nevertheless, even him did outlandish
women cause to sin.

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Shall we then hearken unto you to do all
this great evil, to transgress against our

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God in marrying strange wives?

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And one of the sons of Joedah,
the son of Eliashib the high priest,

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was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite.

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Therefore I chased him from me.

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Remember them, O my God, because they have
defiled the priesthood, and the covenant

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of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

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Thus cleansed I them from all strangers,
and appointed the wards of the priests and

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the Levites, every one in his business.

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And for the wood offering, at times
appointed, and for the firstfruits.

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Remember me, O my God, for good.