◄ Nehemiah 13:4 ►
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Good News Translation
The priest Eliashib, who was in charge of the Temple storerooms, had for a long time been on good terms with Tobiah.

New Revised Standard Version
Now before this, the priest Eliashib, who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, and who was related to Tobiah,

Contemporary English Version
The priest Eliashib was a relative of Tobiah and had earlier been put in charge of the temple storerooms.

New American Bible
Before this, the priest Eliashib, who had been placed in charge of the chambers of the house of our God and who was an associate of Tobiah,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And 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.

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And 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.

Eliashib.

Nehemiah 13:7 And I came to Jerusalem, and I understood the evil that Eliasib had done for Tobias, to make him a storehouse in the courts of the house of God.

Nehemiah 12:10 And Josue begot Joacim, and Joacim begot Eliasib, and Eliasib begot Joiada,

having the oversight of.

Nehemiah 12:44 And they kept the watch of their God, and the observance of expiation, and the singing men, and the porters, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

allied.

Nehemiah 13:28 And one of the sons of Joiada the son of Eliasib the high priest, was son in law to Sanaballat the Horonite, and I drove him from me.

Nehemiah 6:17,18 Moreover in those days many letters were sent by the principal men of the Jews to Tobias, and from Tobias there came letters to them. . . .

Context
The Temple Cleansed
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.5And he made him a great storeroom, where before him they laid up gifts, and frankincense, and vessels, and the tithes of the corn, of the wine, and of the oil, the portions of the Levites, and of the singing men, and of the porters, and the firstfruits of the priests.…
Cross References
Nehemiah 2:10
And Sanaballat the Horonite, and Tobias the servant, the Ammonite, heard it, and it grieved them exceedingly, that a man was come, who sought the prosperity of the children of Israel.

Nehemiah 6:1
And it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and Tobias, and Gossem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left in it, (though at that time I had not set up the doors in the gates,)

Nehemiah 6:17
Moreover in those days many letters were sent by the principal men of the Jews to Tobias, and from Tobias there came letters to them.

Nehemiah 12:44
And they kept the watch of their God, and the observance of expiation, and the singing men, and the porters, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

Nehemiah 13:3
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