Charles Ellicott Commentary Nehemiah 13:5

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Nehemiah 13:5

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Nehemiah 13:5

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meal-offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the heave-offerings for the priests." — Nehemiah 13:5 (ASV)

A great chamber. —The following account shows that many small chambers had been combined into one.