Nehemiah 13:4

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Before this occurred, Eliashib the priest, who had been assigned to the chambers of the house of our God, was closely associated with Tobiah.

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  • Neh 12:44 : 44 On that day, men were appointed to oversee the storerooms for contributions, firstfruits, and tithes. They gathered the portions assigned for the priests and Levites from the fields around the towns, because Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who stood in service.
  • Neh 13:28 : 28 Even one of the sons of Joiada, son of Eliashib the high priest, was a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite, so I drove him away from me.
  • Neh 2:10 : 10 When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply displeased that someone had come to seek the welfare of the Israelites.
  • Neh 6:17-18 : 17 Also in those days, the nobles of Judah were sending many letters to Tobiah, and replies from Tobiah were coming to them. 18 For many in Judah were bound by oath to him, since he was a son-in-law of Shecaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah.
  • Neh 12:10 : 10 Jeshua fathered Joiakim, Joiakim fathered Eliashib, and Eliashib fathered Joiada.

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  • Neh 13:5-9
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    5He had provided Tobiah with a large room, where previously they had stored the grain offerings, incense, temple articles, tithes of grain, new wine, and oil, which were prescribed for the Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and the contributions for the priests.

    6While all of this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I had returned to the king. Some time later, I asked the king for permission to leave.

    7I returned to Jerusalem and understood the evil thing that Eliashib had done for Tobiah by providing him a room in the courts of the house of God.

    8I was greatly displeased, and I threw all of Tobiah’s household belongings out of the room.

    9Then I ordered the rooms to be purified, and I brought back the articles of the house of God, along with the grain offerings and the incense.

  • Neh 13:27-30
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    27Must we then hear about you committing all this terrible evil, acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?

    28Even one of the sons of Joiada, son of Eliashib the high priest, was a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite, so I drove him away from me.

    29Remember them, my God, for defiling the priesthood and breaking the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.

    30Thus I purified them from everything foreign and assigned duties to the priests and Levites, each to his task.

  • Neh 6:17
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    17Also in those days, the nobles of Judah were sending many letters to Tobiah, and replies from Tobiah were coming to them.

  • Neh 3:1
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    1Then Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests arose and built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set up its doors, and they consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel.

  • Ezra 4:1-2
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    1When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the returned exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel,

    2they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families and said to them, "Let us build with you, for we, like you, seek your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the days of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, who brought us here."

  • Neh 12:22-23
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    22The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua were recorded as heads of families, and so were the priests, during the reign of Darius the Persian.

    23The descendants of Levi, the heads of families, were recorded in the book of the annals up to the days of Johanan son of Eliashib.

  • Neh 11:16
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    16And Shabbethai and Jozabad, from the leaders of the Levites, were in charge of the external work for the house of God.

  • Neh 13:13-14
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    13I appointed as treasurers over the storerooms Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah from the Levites, and as their assistant, Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, because they were considered trustworthy. They were responsible for distributing to their kinsmen.

    14Remember me, my God, for this, and do not erase the good deeds that I have done for the house of my God and its services.

  • Neh 12:26
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    26These were in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest, the scribe.

  • Neh 4:3-4
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    3So we prayed to our God and set a guard against them day and night because of their threats.

    4Then Judah said, 'The strength of the laborers is failing, and there is so much rubble that we are unable to rebuild the wall.'

  • Neh 6:19
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    19Moreover, they kept reporting his good deeds to me and sharing my words with him. And Tobiah sent letters to intimidate me.

  • Neh 6:12-14
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    12I realized that God had not sent him, but he had prophesied against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

    13He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would commit a sin by acting this way. Then they could give me a bad name and discredit me.

    14Remember, my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these deeds of theirs, also Noadiah the prophetess and the rest of the prophets who were trying to intimidate me.

  • Ezra 8:24
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    24Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests—Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and with them ten of their brothers.

  • 1 Chr 9:26
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    26For these four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the chambers and the treasuries of the house of God because of their faithfulness.

  • Neh 2:10
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    10When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply displeased that someone had come to seek the welfare of the Israelites.

  • Ezra 2:63
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    63The governor instructed them not to eat of the most holy things until a priest could consult the Urim and Thummim.

  • Neh 6:1
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    1When it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall and no breach remained in it (though at that time I had not yet set up the doors in the gates),

  • Ezra 5:3
    69%

    3At that time, Tattenai, the governor of the region beyond the River, Shethar-Bozenai, and their companions came to them and said, 'Who gave you the authority to rebuild this temple and complete this structure?'

  • 1 Chr 24:12
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    12the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,

  • Neh 12:10
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    10Jeshua fathered Joiakim, Joiakim fathered Eliashib, and Eliashib fathered Joiada.

  • Neh 3:20
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    20After him, Baruch son of Zabbai zealously repaired another section, from the corner to the entrance of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

  • Neh 4:7
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    7So I stationed people in the lowest parts behind the wall, in the open areas, and I positioned them by families with their swords, spears, and bows.

  • Neh 7:65
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    65The governor told them not to eat the most holy food until there was a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim.

  • Neh 13:11
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    11So I rebuked the officials and asked, "Why is the house of God neglected?" Then I gathered them together and stationed them at their posts.

  • Ezra 8:33
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    33On the fourth day, the silver, gold, and vessels were weighed out in the house of our God into the care of Meremoth son of Uriah the priest, along with Eleazar son of Phinehas. They were assisted by Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui, the Levites.

  • Neh 7:1
    68%

    1When the wall was completed and I had set up the gates, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.

  • Ezra 7:24
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    24Furthermore, we notify you that it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, tax, or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants, or other workers in this house of God.

  • Ezek 40:45
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    45Then he said to me, 'This chamber, which faces south, is for the priests who keep charge of the temple.'

  • Neh 12:44
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    44On that day, men were appointed to oversee the storerooms for contributions, firstfruits, and tithes. They gathered the portions assigned for the priests and Levites from the fields around the towns, because Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who stood in service.

  • 1 Chr 9:11
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    11Azariah, son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, was the leader of the house of God.

  • Ezra 6:7
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    7Leave the work on this house of God alone. Let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its original site.

  • Ezra 10:36
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    36Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib.

  • 2 Kgs 22:6
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    6the carpenters, builders, and masons. It shall also be used to buy timber and quarried stone for repairing the house.

  • Ezra 3:8
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    8In the second year after their arrival at the house of God in Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their brothers—the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned from captivity to Jerusalem—began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years old and older to oversee the work on the house of the LORD.

  • Neh 10:38
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    38We will also bring the first of our dough, our contributions, the fruit of all our trees, our new wine, and oil to the priests, to the storerooms of the house of our God. Additionally, we will bring a tithe of our land to the Levites, for they collect the tithes in all the towns where we work.

  • Neh 11:11
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    11Seraiah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, the leader in charge of the house of God.

  • Neh 13:22
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    22Then I commanded the Levites to purify themselves and to guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me also for this, my God, and show mercy to me according to your great love.