Nehemiah 13:10-14

Context

13:10 I also discovered that the grain offerings 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. 13:11 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.¹

13:12 Then all of Judah brought the tithe of the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil to the storerooms. 13:13 I gave instructions² that Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and a certain Levite named Pedaiah be put in charge of³ the storerooms, and that Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, be their assistant,⁴ for they were regarded as trustworthy. It was then their responsibility to oversee the distribution to their colleagues.⁵

13:14 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!

[13:11] ¹tn Heb “and I stood them on their standing.”

[13:13] ²tc Probably one should read with the Lucianic Greek recension, the Syriac Peshitta, and the Vulgate וָאֲצַוֶּה (va’atsavveh, “and I commanded”) rather than the rare denominative verb וָאוֹצְרָה (va’otsÿrah, “and I appointed over the storeroom”) of the MT.

[13:13] ³tn Heb “be over”

[13:13] ⁴tn Heb “on their hand.”

[13:13] ⁵tn Heb “brothers.”