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10 I also [a]discovered that (A)the portions of the Levites had not been given to them, so the Levites and the singers who performed the service had [b]gone away, (B)each to his own field. 11 So I [c](C)reprimanded the officials and said, “(D)Why has the house of God been neglected?” Then I gathered them together and stationed them at their posts.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 13:10 Or knew
  2. Nehemiah 13:10 Lit fled
  3. Nehemiah 13:11 Or contended with

10 I also learned that the portions assigned to the Levites had not been given to them,(A) and that all the Levites and musicians responsible for the service had gone back to their own fields.(B) 11 So I rebuked the officials and asked them, “Why is the house of God neglected?”(C) Then I called them together and stationed them at their posts.

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10 And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.

11 Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

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