8. This displeased me very much, so I had all of Tobiah’s household goods thrown outside the chamber.
9. Then I gave orders to purify the chambers, and I brought back the vessels of the house of God, the grain offerings, and the incense.
10. I learned, too, that the portions due the Levites were no longer being given, so that the Levites and the singers who should have been carrying out the services had deserted to their own fields.