Nehemiah 13:8

And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff to Tobiah out of the chamber.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
grieved	יָרַע yâraʻ	H3415	properly
sore	מְאֹ֑ד me.'Od	H3966	properly · cardinal number, masculine singular absolute
forth	וָֽאַשְׁלִ֜יכָה va.'ash.Li.khah	H7993	to throw out · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 1st person common singular + paragogic he
household	בֵית veit-	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct
stuff	כְּלֵ֧י ke.Lei	H3627	something prepared · noun, common masculine plural construct
Tobiah	טוֹבִיָּ֛ה toi.Yah	H2900	Tobijah · proper noun, a man's name
of	הַח֖וּץ ha.Chutz	H2351	properly · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
chamber	הַלִּשְׁכָּֽה ha.lish.Kah	H3957	a room in a building (whether for storage · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Ezra 9:3-4 And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.
Ezra 10:1 Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out…
Psalms 69:9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
Mark 11:15-17 And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the…
John 2:13-17 And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 13:1-9

It was the honour of Israel, and the greatest preservation of their holiness, that they were a peculiar people, and were so to keep themselves, and not to mingle with the nations, nor suffer any of them to incorporate with them. Now here we have, I. The law to this purport, which happened to be read on that day, in the audience of the people (Neh 13:1), on the day of the dedication of the wall, as it should seem, for with their prayers and praises they joined the reading of the word; and though it was long after that the other grievances, here mentioned, were redressed by Nehemiah's power, yet this of the mixed multitude might be redressed then by the people's own act, for so it seems to be,…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 13:6

But in all this was not I at Jerusalem--Eliashib (concluding that, as Nehemiah had departed from Jerusalem, and, on the expiry of his allotted term of absence, had resigned his government, he had gone not to return) began to use great liberties, and, there being none left whose authority or frown he dreaded, allowed himself to do things most unworthy of his sacred office, and which, though in unison with his own irreligious character, he would not have dared to attempt during the residence of the pious governor. Nehemiah resided twelve years as governor of Jerusalem, and having succeeded in repairing and refortifying the city, he at the end of that period returned to his duties in Shushan. H…

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Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 13:8

I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah - He acted as Jesus Christ did when he found the courts of the Lord's house profaned: He overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of those who sold doves.

John Gill on Nehemiah 13:8

And it grieved me sore,.... That such a sacred place should be converted to common use, and to that of an Heathen, and of an enemy to the Jews and their religion: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber; as being chief magistrate, and acting by commission under the king of Persia, and to regulate everything amiss, according to the Jewish laws, as well as those of the king, his power being, no doubt, as large as Ezra's, Ezra 7:25, by "household stuff" is meant what is movable in the house, as chairs, tables, vessels for dressing, caring, drinking, &c. there are various opinions about this with the ancients (e). (e) Vid. Alex. ab Alex. Genial. Dier. l. 1.…

The Church Fathers

And I cast out the vessels of the house of Tobiah outside, etc. And you, whatever of infidelity and impurity you find among the faithful, immediately cast it out, so that from the hearts of the believers, which are the treasuries of the Lord, when they have been filled with the riches of virtues, the vessels of the Lord may be brought in; that is, those very hearts which shortly before had been vessels of error through fault may again become vessels of the Lord through correction; and there the sacrifice of good works and the incense of pure prayer may be found, where formerly was the den of thieves. But those also who cast out the vessels of Tobiah the Ammonite from the treasury of the temple, and replace there the vessels of the house of God, and the sacrifice and incense, are those who, excommunicating or anathematizing heretics or false Catholics and expelling them from the Church, appoint in their place the servants of Christ who serve Him with faithful deeds and prayers. Certainly, this too should be compared to Nehemiah, with the zeal of the Lord the Savior, when finding those selling and buying in the temple, he made a whip of cords and drove them all out (Mark XII, Luke XIX); and Nehemiah, aptly as in his other acts, thus in this also carried the type of the true comforter and cleaner of God.
— Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah

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Dictionary and topics

Eliashib · 3. High priest — 3. High priest
Tobiah · .Allies himself with Eliashib, the priest — .Allies himself with Eliashib, the priest

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Nehemiah 13:8

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Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 13:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 13:6

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 13:8

John Gill on Nehemiah 13:8

The Church Fathers

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Nehemiah 13:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 13:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 13:6

Adam Clarke on Nehemiah 13:8

John Gill on Nehemiah 13:8

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Nehemiah 13:8-9

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Nehemiah 13:8-9

Rashi on Nehemiah 13:6