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Nehemiah 13:7

The Pulpit Commentary on Nehemiah 13:7

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

A chamber in the courts of the house of God. It would seem by this expression that the chamber made over to Tobiah was not part of the main building of the temple, but a portion of some detached building belonging to the "courts."

This, no doubt, made the desecration less flagrant, but was far from justifying it.

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