Nehemiah 13

¹And on that day did they reade in the booke of Moses, in the audience of the people, and it was found written therein, that the Ammonite, and the Moabite should not enter into the Congregation of God,

²Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: and our God turned the curse into a blessing.

³Now when they had heard the Lawe, they separated from Israel all those that were mixed.

⁴And before this had the Priest Eliashib the ouersight of the chamber of the house of our God, being kinsman to Tobiah:

⁵And he had made him a great chamber and there had they aforetime layde the offringes, the incense, and the vessels, and the tithes of corne, of wine, and of oyle (appointed for the Leuites, and the singers, and the porters) and the offringes of the Priests.

⁶But in all this time was not I in Ierusalem: for in the two and thirtieth yere of Artahshashte King of Babel, came I vnto the King, and after certaine dayes I obteined of the King.

⁷And when I was come to Ierusalem, I vnderstood the euil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in that hee had made him a chamber in the court of the house of God,

⁸And it grieued me sore: therefore I cast forth all the vessels of the house of Tobiah out of the chamber.

⁹And I commanded them to clense ye chambers: and thither brought I againe the vessels of the house of God with the meate offring and the incense.

¹⁰And I perceiued that the portions of the Leuites had not bene giuen, and that euery one was fled to his lande, euen the Leuites and singers that executed the worke.