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Romanian Cornilescu Translation
Neemia 13:9
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
they cleansed: Nehemiah 12:45, 2 Chronicles 29:5, 2 Chronicles 29:15-19
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 23:28 - for the service 2 Chronicles 14:4 - commanded Nehemiah 10:37 - to the chambers Jeremiah 35:2 - into one Ezekiel 40:29 - the little
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers,.... By which it appears there were more than one, or that several were thrown into one; which was done not only by washing them, but as this was a ceremonial uncleanness, contracted by the habitation of an Heathen in them, their purification might be by the water of separation, Numbers 19:9
and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the frankincense; replaced them where they were before.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The chambers - The “great chamber” assigned to Tobiah Nehemiah 13:5 contained, it would seem, more than one apartment.
