4Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the rooms of the house of our God, being allied to Tobiah,


In Context

1 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that an Ammonite and a Moabite should not enter into the assembly of God forever,

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 from Israel all the mixed multitude.

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 before they laid the meal offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the wave offerings for the priests.

6 But in all this time I was not at Jerusalem; for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king: and after certain days asked I leave of the king,

Nehemiah 13:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:4And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, [was] allied unto Tobiah:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:4Before this, Eliashib the priest had been put in charge of the storerooms of the house of our God. He was closely associated with Tobiah,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:4And over this thing was Eliasib the priest, who was set over the treasury of the house of our God, and was near akin to Tobias.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:4Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, being allied unto Tobiah,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:4And before this, Eliashib the priest, who had the oversight of the chambers of the house of our God, a kinsman of Tobijah,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:4Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, being allied unto Tobiah,

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:4And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied to Tobiah:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:4And before this Eliashib the priest, appointed over chambers of the house of our God, is a relation of Tobiah,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:4And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied to Tobiah: