OET interlinear NEH 13:9

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-time-sequential

וָ⁠אֹ֣מְרָ֔⁠ה

and,I,said

In this context, the conjunction And indicates that this event took place after the event the story has just described. If it would be helpful in your language, you could show this relationship by using a word such as “then.”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וָ⁠אֹ֣מְרָ֔⁠ה וַֽ⁠יְטַהֲר֖וּ הַ⁠לְּשָׁכ֑וֹת

and,I,said and,people_purified (Some words not found in UHB: and,I,said and,people_purified the,store-rooms and,I,brought_back there vessels_of house_of the=ʼElohīm DOM the_grain,offering and,the,frankincense )

The implication is that Nehemiah spoke to the priests since they would have been the ones to conduct a ceremony like the one the story describes in 12:30 to show that the people wanted the rooms in the temple to be ceremonially clean in the hopes that they would once more be acceptable to God. Alternate translation: [I told the priests to conduct a ceremony to purify the rooms in the temple]

כְּלֵי֙ בֵּ֣ית הָ⁠אֱלֹהִ֔ים אֶת־הַ⁠מִּנְחָ֖ה וְ⁠הַ⁠לְּבוֹנָֽה

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I,said and,people_purified the,store-rooms and,I,brought_back there vessels_of house_of the=ʼElohīm DOM the_grain,offering and,the,frankincense )

See how you translated these expressions in 13:5. Alternate translation: [the equipment for the temple, the offerings that the people brought, and the sacred incense]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בֵּ֣ית הָ⁠אֱלֹהִ֔ים

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I,said and,people_purified the,store-rooms and,I,brought_back there vessels_of house_of the=ʼElohīm DOM the_grain,offering and,the,frankincense )

Nehemiah speaks of the temple as the house of God as if it were God’s dwelling place. Alternate translation: [the temple]