Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
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CHAPTER 13 _ 1. The separation of the mixed multitude (Nehemiah 13:1)_ 2. The unholy alliance repudiated (Nehemiah 13:4) 3. Nehemiah's action in behalf of the Levites and singers (Nehemiah 13:10
THE SEPARATION OF THE MIXED MULTITUDE FROM ISRAEL. A fragment inserted by way of introduction to the episode which follows. Nehemiah 13:1 f. _Cf._ Deuteronomy 23:3. Nehemiah 13:3. The fact th
BECAUSE THEY (plural) Num 22:56. Deuteronomy 23:3; Deuteronomy 23:4. CHILDREN. sons. HIRED BALAAM. Numbers 22:5; Num
_because they met not_, &c. Cf. Deuteronomy 23:4, - _Because they met_you _not with bread and with water_in the way when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they (Heb. he) _hired against_thee _Bal...
TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENT C. Foreigners are expelled and religious reforms are instituted to purify the nation. 1. Foreigners are expelled. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 13:1-3 1 On that day they read alou...
THE REFORM OF ABUSES The reforms embraced the separation of Israel from the mixed multitude and the abolition of certain abuses that had arisen in connexion with the chambers of the Temple, the provi...
This seems to mean a particular day after Nehemiah returned to *Judah. It seems that, until then, the people had neglected to read the law of God. But on that particular day, they heard the law. Then...
THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN NEHEMIAH _ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_ CHAPTER 13 Twelve years after the people rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem, Nehemiah returned to Persia. Some tim...
XIII. (1-3) Reform as _to_ mixed marriages. (1) ON THAT DAY. — Probably the season of the Feast of Tabernacles, as before. But portions were selected to be read. THEY READ IN THE BOOK OF MOSES. — “I...
כִּ֣י לֹ֧א קִדְּמ֛וּ אֶת ־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל...
THE RIGOUR OF THE REFORMER Nehemiah 13:1 THERE is no finality in history. The chapter, that seems to be rounded off with a perfect conclusion always leaves room for an appendix, which in its turn may...
NEGLECT OF RELIGIOUS DUTIES Nehemiah 12:44; Nehemiah 13:1 In Nehemiah 12:44 we have recorded the care that was manifested for the worthy maintenance of those who ministered in sacred things. As a res...
In this final section we have the account of Nehemiah's last reformation, After building the wall he had evidently gone back to the court of the king. Twelve years later, seeking permission, he return...
The history of Moab's conduct to Israel, and the vile attempt of Balaam, we have Numbers 22:23. And the Lord's commands in consequence we have Deuteronomy 23:3. But added to these, the prohibition of...
It's Not How You Start I. INTRODUCTION II. Nehemiah 13:1-31 (NKJV) On that day they read from the Book of Moses in the hearing of the people, and in it was found written that no Ammonite or Moabite...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 12 AND 13. We have already seen that gladness was the portion of the people; a joy which acknowledged God, for God had preserved the people and had blessed th...
Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing. Ver. 2. _Because the...
1 Vpon the reading of the Law, separation is made from the mixed multitude. 4 Nehemiah at his returne, causeth the chambers to bee cleansed. 10 He reformeth the offices in the house of God. 15 The...
because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them that he should curse them, Numbers 22:5; HOWBEIT, OUR GOD TURNED THE CURSE INTO A BLESSING, Numbers...
IN THE TEMPLE AND ITS SERVICES...
SEPARATION FROM MIXTURE (vv. 1-3) At this same time, of which chapter 12:27-47 speaks, they read in the Book of Moses that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever come into the assembly of God, because o...
1-9 Israel was a peculiar people, and not to mingle with the nations. See the benefit of publicly reading the word of God; when it is duly attended to, it discovers to us sin and duty, good and evil,...
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Nehemiah 13:2 met H6923 (H8765) children H1121 Israel H3478 bread H3899 water H4325 hired H7936 (H8799) Balaam...
WITH NEHEMIAH HAVING TO RETURN TO REPORT TO ARTAXERXES, UNHOLINESS AGAIN BEGAN TO INFILTRATE THE HOLY CITY, A SITUATION WHICH HAD TO BE DEALT WITH ON NEHEMIAH'S RETURN (NEHEMIAH 13:1). It should be no...
CONTENTS: Cleansing the temple. Nehemiah's second visit to Jerusalem and his further reforms. CHARACTERS: God, Nehemiah, Eliashib, Tobiah. CONCLUSION: Nothing grieves a godly man more than to see th...
Nehemiah 13:6. _In the thirty second year of Artaxerxes._ Having been governor in Jerusalem twelve years, Nehemiah returned _to the king,_ at Babylon; and after a residence of about twelve months at t...
_Howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing._ THE CURSE TURNED INTO A BLESSING This was just like God, whose name and nature are love. 1. The devil turns the blessing into a curse. When God cr...
NEHEMIAH 13:1 Ejection of Tobiah the Ammonite from the Temple. While Nehemiah was in the Persian capital of Susa, reporting to the king (v. Nehemiah 13:6; see note on 2:4–6),
EXPLANATORY Notes.] NEHEMIAH 13:1. ON THAT DAY] This is to be understood in the same sense as _at that time_, in chap. Nehemiah 12:44. But no doubt public readings of the law took place frequently dur...
EXPOSITION NEHEMIAH'S EFFORTS FOR THE REFORM OF RELIGION (Nehemiah 13:1). After having exercised the office of governor for twelve years, from B.C. 444 to B.C. 432, Nehemiah had had occasion to visit...
On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of all the people; and therein was found written, that an Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; Bec...
Deuteronomy 23:5; Joshua 24:10; Joshua 24:9; Micah 6:5; Matthew 25:40;...