John Gill, on Neh 13:8

“And it seemed to me exceeding evil. And I cast forth the vessels of the house of Tobias out of the storehouse.”

“Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers,.... By which it appears there were more than one, or that several were thrown into one; which was done not only by washing them, but as this was a ceremonial uncleanness, contracted by the habitation of an Heathen in them, their purification might be by the water of separation, Num 19:9 and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the frankincense; replaced them where they were before.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.