Nehemiah 13:4

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

Now before this, Eliashib the priest, a relative of Tobiah, had been put in charge of the storerooms of the house of our God

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2 because they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing).

3 As soon as the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all of foreign descent.

4 Now before this, Eliashib the priest, a relative of Tobiah, had been put in charge of the storerooms of the house of our God

5 and had prepared for Tobiah a large room where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the temple articles, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.

6 While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to Artaxerxes king of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. Some time later I obtained leave from the king

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BSB Berean Standard Bible: Now before this, Eliashib the priest, a relative of Tobiah, had been put in charge of the storerooms of the house of our God
KJV King James Version: And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah:
WEB World English Bible: Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the rooms of the house of our God, being allied to Tobiah,
ASV American Standard Version: Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, being allied unto Tobiah,
YLT Young's Literal Translation: And before this Eliashib the priest, appointed over chambers of the house of our God, [is] a relation of Tobiah,
DBY Darby Translation: And before this, Eliashib the priest, who had the oversight of the chambers of the house of our God, a kinsman of Tobijah,
WBS Webster Bible: And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied to Tobiah: