Nehemiah 13:4
World English Bible (WEB)
Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the rooms of the house of our God, being allied to Tobiah,
In context
2 because they didn’t meet the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them; however, our God turned the curse into a blessing.
3 It came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated all the mixed multitude from Israel.
4 Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the rooms of the house of our God, being allied to Tobiah,
5 had prepared for him a great room, where previously they laid the meal offerings, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers; and the wave offerings for the priests.
6 But in all this, I was not at Jerusalem; for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king; and after some days I asked leave of the king,
Nehemiah 13:4 in every translation
- 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,
- 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:
- 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
- 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: