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

they cleansed.

Nehemiah 12:45 For in the days of David and Asaph from the beginning there were chief singers appointed, to praise with canticles, and give thanks to God.

2 Chronicles 29:5,15-19 And he said to them: Hear me, ye Levites, and be sanctified, purify the house of the Lord the God of your fathers, and take away all filth out of the sanctuary. . . .

Context
The Temple Cleansed
8And it seemed to me exceeding evil. And I cast forth the vessels of the house of Tobias out of the storehouse. 9And I commanded and they cleansed again the vessels of the house of God, the sacrifice, and the frankincense.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 29:5
And he said to them: Hear me, ye Levites, and be sanctified, purify the house of the Lord the God of your fathers, and take away all filth out of the sanctuary.

2 Chronicles 29:15
And they gathered together their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and went in according to the commandment of the king, and the precept of the Lord, to purify the house of God.

Nehemiah 10:37
And that we would bring the firstfruits of our meats, and of our libations, and the fruit of every tree, of the vintage also and of oil to the priests, to the storehouse of our God, and the tithes of our ground to the Levites. The Levites also shall receive the tithes of our works out of all the cities.

Ezekiel 40:38
And at every chamber was a door in the forefronts of the gates: there they washed the holocaust.

Lexicon
Then I ordered
וָאֹ֣מְרָ֔ה (wā·’ō·mə·rāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

that the rooms
הַלְּשָׁכ֑וֹת (hal·lə·šā·ḵō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3957: Room, chamber, hall, cell

be purified,
וַֽיְטַהֲר֖וּ (way·ṭa·hă·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2891: To be clean or pure

and I had the articles
כְּלֵי֙ (kə·lê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3627: Something prepared, any apparatus

of the house
בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

of God
הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

restored
וָאָשִׁ֣יבָה (wā·’ā·šî·ḇāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

to them,
שָּׁ֗ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither

along with the grain offerings
הַמִּנְחָ֖ה (ham·min·ḥāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4503: A donation, tribute, a sacrificial offering

and incense.
וְהַלְּבוֹנָֽה׃ (wə·hal·lə·ḇō·w·nāh)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3828: Frankincense


Additional Translations
Then I ordered that the rooms be purified, and I had the articles of the house of God restored to them, along with the grain offerings and incense.Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the frankincense.

Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meal-offerings and the frankincense.

And I gave orders, and they purified the treasuries: and I restored thither the vessels of the house of God, and the offerings, and the frankincense.

And I commanded, and they purified the chambers; and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, the oblation and the frankincense.

Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meal offerings and the frankincense.

Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither I brought again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat-offering and the frankincense.

Then I commanded, and they cleansed the rooms: and there brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meal offerings and the frankincense.

and I speak, and they cleanse the chambers, and I bring back thither the vessels of the house of God with the present and the frankincense.
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