Nehemiah 12:44--13:3
<0582> [some.]
storerooms <05393> [chambers.]
law <08451> [of the law. that is, appointed by the law. Judah rejoiced.]
Heb. the joy of Judah. Levites.
who ... ministering <05975> [waited. Heb. stood.]
singers <07891> [the singers.]
service ....... service <04931> [the ward.]
That is, they suffered no unclean person to enter the temple.
Asaph <0623> [and Asaph.]
Zerubbabel <02216> [Zerubbabel.]
contributing <05414> [gave.]
set aside the portion ........ set aside the portion <06942> [and they.]
That is, the people separated, or set apart, the tenth of the produce of their lands for the use of the Levites; and the Levites separated the tenth of their tithes for the priests.
set aside the portion ........ set aside the portion <06942> [sanctified. that is, set apart.]
day <03117> [that day.]
Some suppose that the events recorded in these verses took place several years after those related in the preceding chapter, while Nehemiah was absent at the Persian court; but the introductory language, on that day, seems rather to imply that they occurred immediately, or at least about that time.
read <07121> [they read. Heb. there was read.]
hearing <0241> [audience. Heb. ears. the Ammonite.]
Moabite <04125> [Moabite.]
met <06923> [Because.]
hired Balaam <01109 07936> [hired Balaam.]
God <0430> [our God.]
heard <08085> [when they.]
removed from <0914> [that they.]
mixed ancestry <06154> [the mixed.]
