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Tobit 13 - Summary

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Read Tobit Chapter 13 Summary

Tobit writes a prayer of rejoicing to God, who scourges and has mercy, who leads down to the grave and brings up again. He calls the children of Israel, scattered among the nations, to confess God there, to turn to Him with their whole heart, and promises that He will gather them again. The hymn then turns to Jerusalem: punished for her children's works, she will be rebuilt with sapphires, emeralds and pure gold, many nations will come to her with gifts, and her streets will sing Alleluia.

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Characters in This Chapter

Tobit
Tobit

Devout exile in Nineveh who buries the dead, is blinded and healed

Tobias
Tobias

His son, who travels to Media, marries Sara and heals his father

Raphael
Raphael

Angel sent by God, disguised as Azarias, who guides Tobias and binds the demon

Places in This Chapter

Nineveh
Nineveh

Assyrian capital where Tobit lives in exile, buries the dead and is blinded; his last words announce its fall

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Tigris River
Tigris River

River where Tobias, guided by the angel, catches the fish whose heart, liver and gall will heal

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Jerusalem
Jerusalem

City where young Tobit went up with his tithes, and whose rebuilding in glory his final hymn foresees

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Ecbatana
Ecbatana

City of Raguel in Media, where Tobias marries Sara and the demon is driven out

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The Tabernacle
The Tabernacle

The Tabernacle was the portable sanctuary that Israel built according to God's instructions at Mount Sinai. It served as God's dwelling place among His people during the wilderness wanderings and early settlement in Canaan. It contained the Ark of the Covenant, the altar, and the holy place.

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Position in Book

Tobit's Trials in NinevehChapters 1-2
Two Prayers HeardChapters 3
A Father's CounselChapters 4
The Journey with the AngelChapters 5-6
Marriage and DeliveranceChapters 7-9
Return and HealingChapters 10-11
The Angel RevealedChapters 12
Tobit's Hymn and Last WordsChapters 13-14

Tobit praises God and the future glory of Jerusalem, foretells the fall of Nineveh, and his son's family leaves for Media.