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.

13:6. But in all this time I was not in Jerusalem, because in the two
and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon, I went to the king,
and after certain days I asked the king:

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.

13:8. And it seemed to me exceeding evil. And I cast forth the vessels
of the house of Tobias out of the storehouse.

13:9. And I commanded and they cleansed again the vessels of the house
of God, the sacrifice, and the frankincense.

13:10. And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been
given them: and that the Levites, and the singing men, and they that
ministered were fled away every man to his own country:

13:11. And I pleaded the matter against the magistrates, and said: Why
have we forsaken the house of God? And I gathered them together, and I
made them to stand in their places.

13:12. And all Juda brought the tithe of the corn, and the wine, and the
oil into the storehouses.

13:13. And we set over the storehouses Selemias the priest, and Sadoc
the scribe, and of the Levites Phadaia, and next to them Hanan the son
of Zachur, the son of Mathania: for they were approved as faithful, and
to them were committed the portions of their brethren.

13:14. Remember me, O my God, for this thing, and wipe not out my
kindnesses, which I have done relating to the house of my God and his
ceremonies.

13:15. In those days I saw in Juda some treading the presses on the
sabbath, and carrying sheaves, and lading asses with wine, and grapes,
and figs, and all manner of burthens, and bringing them into Jerusalem
on the sabbath day. And I charged them that they should sell on a day on
which it was lawful to sell.

13:16. Some Tyrians also dwelt there, who brought fish, and all manner
of wares: and they sold them on the sabbaths to the children of Juda in
Jerusalem.

13:17. And I rebuked the chief men of Juda, and said to them: What is
this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the sabbath day:

13:18. Did not our fathers do these things, and our God brought all this
evil upon us, and upon this city? And you bring more wrath upon Israel
by violating the sabbath.

13:19. And it cam