13:1 On
that
day
they
read
from
the
Book
of
Moses
in
the
hearing
of
the
people.
And
in
it
was
found
written
that
no
Ammonite
or
Moabite
should
ever
enter
the
assembly
of
God,
13:2 for
they
did
not
meet
the
people
of
Israel
with
bread
and
water,
but
hired
Balaam
against
them
to
curse
them--yet
our
God
turned
the
curse
into
a
blessing.
13:3 As
soon
as
the
people
heard
the
law,
they
separated
from
Israel
all
those
of
foreign
descent.
13:4 Now
before
this,
Eliashib
the
priest,
who
was
appointed
over
the
chambers
of
the
house
of
our
God,
and
who
was
related
to
Tobiah,
13:5 prepared
for
Tobiah
a
large
chamber
where
they
had
previously
put
the
grain
offering,
the
frankincense,
the
vessels,
and
the
tithes
of
grain,
wine,
and
oil,
which
were
given
by
commandment
to
the
Levites,
singers,
and
gatekeepers,
and
the
contributions
for
the
priests.
13:6 While
this
was
taking
place,
I
was
not
in
Jerusalem,
for
in
the
thirty-second
year
of
Artaxerxes
king
of
Babylon
I
went
to
the
king.
And
after
some
time
I
asked
leave
of
the
king
13:7 and
came
to
Jerusalem,
and
I
then
discovered
the
evil
that
Eliashib
had
done
for
Tobiah,
preparing
for
him
a
chamber
in
the
courts
of
the
house
of
God.
13:8 And
I
was
very
angry,
and
I
threw
all
the
household
furniture
of
Tobiah
out
of
the
chamber.
13:9 Then
I
gave
orders,
and
they
cleansed
the
chambers,
and
I
brought
back
there
the
vessels
of
the
house
of
God,
with
the
grain
offering
and
the
frankincense.
13:10 I
also
found
out
that
the
portions
of
the
Levites
had
not
been
given
to
them,
so
that
the
Levites
and
the
singers,
who
did
the
work,
had
fled
each
to
his
field.
13:11 So
I
confronted
the
officials
and
said,
"Why
is
the
house
of
God
forsaken"
And
I
gathered
them
together
and
set
them
in
their
stations.
13:12 Then
all
Judah
brought
the
tithe
of
the
grain,
wine,
and
oil
into
the
storehouses.
13:13 And
I
appointed
as
treasurers
over
the
storehouses
Shelemiah
the
priest,
Zadok
the
scribe,
and
Pedaiah
of
the
Levites,
and
as
their
assistant
Hanan
the
son
of
Zaccur,
son
of
Mattaniah,
for
they
were
considered
reliable,
and
their
duty
was
to
distribute
to
their
brothers.
13:14 Remember
me,
O
my
God,
concerning
this,
and
do
not
wipe
out
my
good
deeds
that
I
have
done
for
the
house
of
my
God
and
for
his
service.
13:15 In
those
days
I
saw
in
Judah
people
treading
winepresses
on
the
Sabbath,
and
bringing
in
heaps
of
grain
and
loading
them
on
donkeys,
and
also
wine,
grapes,
figs,
and
all
kinds
of
loads,
which
they
brought
into
Jerusalem
on
the
Sabbath
day.
And
I
warned
them
on
the
day
when
they
sold
food.
13:16 Tyrians
also,
who
lived
in
the
city,
brought
in
fish
and
all
kinds
of
goods
and
sold
them
on
the
Sabbath
to
the
people
of
Judah,
in
Jerusalem
itself!
13:17 Then
I
confronted
the
nobles
of
Judah
and
said
to
them,
"What
is
this
evil
thing
that
you
are
doing,
profaning
the
Sabbath
day
13:18 Did
not
your
fathers
act
in
this
way,
and
did
not
our
God
bring
all
this
disaster
on
us
and
on
this
city
Now
you
are
bringing
more
wrath
on
Israel
by
profaning
the
Sabbath."
13:19 As
soon
as
it
began
to
grow
dark
at
the
gates
of
Jerusalem
before
the
Sabbath,
I
commanded
that
the
doors
should
be
shut
and
gave
orders
that
they
should
not
be
opened
until
after
the
Sabbath.
And
I
stationed
some
of
my
servants
at
the
gates,
that
no
load
might
be
brought
in
on
the
Sabbath
day.
13:20 Then
the
merchants
and
sellers
of
all
kinds
of
wares
lodged
outside
Jerusalem
once
or
twice.
13:21 But
I
warned
them
and
said
to
them,
"Why
do
you
lodge
outside
the
wall
If
you
do
so
again,
I
will
lay
hands
on
you."
From
that
time
on
they
did
not
come
on
the
Sabbath.
13:22 Then
I
commanded
the
Levites
that
they
should
purify
themselves
and
come
and
guard
the
gates,
to
keep
the
Sabbath
day
holy.
Remember
this
also
in
my
favor,
O
my
God,
and
spare
me
according
to
the
greatness
of
your
steadfast
love.
13:23 In
those
days
also
I
saw
the
Jews
who
had
married
women
of
Ashdod,
Ammon,
and
Moab.
13:24 And
half
of
their
children
spoke
the
language
of
Ashdod,
and
they
could
not
speak
the
language
of
Judah,
but
only
the
language
of
each
people.
13:25 And
I
confronted
them
and
cursed
them
and
beat
some
of
them
and
pulled
out
their
hair.
And
I
made
them
take
oath
in
the
name
of
God,
saying,
"You
shall
not
give
your
daughters
to
their
sons,
or
take
their
daughters
for
your
sons
or
for
yourselves.
13:26 Did
not
Solomon
king
of
Israel
sin
on
account
of
such
women
Among
the
many
nations
there
was
no
king
like
him,
and
he
was
beloved
by
his
God,
and
God
made
him
king
over
all
Israel.
Nevertheless,
foreign
women
made
even
him
to
sin.
13:27 Shall
we
then
listen
to
you
and
do
all
this
great
evil
and
act
treacherously
against
our
God
by
marrying
foreign
women"
13:28 And
one
of
the
sons
of
Jehoiada,
the
son
of
Eliashib
the
high
priest,
was
the
son-in-law
of
Sanballat
the
Horonite.
Therefore
I
chased
him
from
me.
13:29 Remember
them,
O
my
God,
because
they
have
desecrated
the
priesthood
and
the
covenant
of
the
priesthood
and
the
Levites.
13:30 Thus
I
cleansed
them
from
everything
foreign,
and
I
established
the
duties
of
the
priests
and
Levites,
each
in
his
work;
13:31 and
I
provided
for
the
wood
offering
at
appointed
times,
and
for
the
firstfruits.
Remember
me,
O
my
God,
for
good.