NET Bible
"So I registered a complaint with the leaders, asking,“Why is the temple of God neglected?” Then I gathered them and reassigned them to their positions."
— Nehemiah 13:11, NET Bible
“Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.”
“Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place. ”
“Then I contended with the rulers, and said, "Why is the house of God forsaken?" I gathered them together, and set them in their place.”
“And I pleaded the matter against the magistrates, and said: Why have we forsaken the house of God? And I gathered them together, and I made them to stand in their places.”
“Then I made protests to the chiefs, and said, Why has the house of God been given up? And I got them together and put them in their places.”
“Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.”
I was very upset, and I threw all of Tobiah’s household possessions out of the storeroom.
Then I gave instructions that the storerooms should be purified, and I brought back the equipment of the temple of God, along with the grain offering and the incense.
I also discovered that the portions for the Levites had not been provided, and that as a result the Levites and the singers who performed this work had all gone off to their fields.
So I registered a complaint with the leaders, asking,“Why is the temple of God neglected?” Then I gathered them and reassigned them to their positions.
Then all of Judah brought the tithe of the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil to the storerooms.
I gave instructions that Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and a certain Levite named Pedaiah be put in charge of the storerooms, and that Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, be their assistant, for they were regarded as trustworthy. It was then their responsibility to oversee the distribution to their colleagues.
Please remember me for this, O my God, and do not wipe out the kindness that I have done for the temple of my God and for its services!