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Verse 25. _I CONTENDED WITH THEM_] Proved the fact against these
iniquitous fathers, in a legal assembly.
_AND CURSED THEM_] Denounced the judgments of God and the sentence of
the law upon them.
_SM...
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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
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SOME DETAILS OF NEHEMIAH'S RULE. This section, taken for the most part
from Nehemiah's memoirs, deals with his zeal for the sanctity of the
Temple (Nehemiah 13:4), his organisation for the maintenance...
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CURSED: i.e. caused them to be cursed. Hebrew idiom. Hebrew. _kalal,_
as in Nehemiah 13:2.
SMOTE. Hebrew idiom. caused them to be smitten (as in Matthew 27:26;
Mark 15:15.
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_I contended_ Cf. Nehemiah 13:11_; Nehemiah 13:17_.
_cursed_ R.V. marg. -Or, _reviled_". For the word -to curse" (qalal)
cf. Nehemiah 13:2;...
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Nehemiah's protest against mixed marriages, cf. Nehemiah 9:2; Nehemiah
10:28; Nehemiah 10:30; Ezra 9:1 ff;...
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AND I CONTENDED WITH THEM, &C.— These words, it must be
acknowledged, as proceeding from Nehemiah's own month, sound somewhat
harshly in our translation; but the meaning of them is no more than
this,...
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5. Nehemiah deals with the problem of mixed marriages.
TEXT, NEHEMIAH 13:23-29
23
In those days I also saw that the Jews had married women from Ashdod,
Ammon, and Moab.
24
As for their children,...
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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...
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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...
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Nehemiah discovered something else when he returned to *Judah. Some of
the men had married women from the nations called Ashdod, Ammon and
Moab. God had ordered the people not to marry foreigners. He...
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(23-29) The mixed marriages again....
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CURSED THEM. — Nehemiah simply echoed the covenant sanction on this
very point (Nehemiah 10:29).
CERTAIN OF THEM. — Some were selected for special punishment and
humiliation. Ezra, on a like occasion,...
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וָ אָרִ֤יב עִמָּם֙ וָ אֲקַֽלְלֵ֔ם וָ
אַכֶּ֥ה
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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...
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A DISOBEDIENT AND GAINSAYING PEOPLE
Nehemiah 13:15
Let us remember to keep perpetual Sabbath in the heart, whatever be
our outward life. In this life there is a Sabbath rest for the people
of God, He...
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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...
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And I contended with them, and (m) cursed them, and smote certain of
them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God,
[saying], Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take...
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Curse, or excommunicated them, (Calmet) the guilty parents. (Haydock)
--- Shaved. Hebrew and Septuagint, "plucked off their hair," by the
roots, for greater torment. Sometimes quicklime was then sprin...
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Here we have recorded another instance of the zeal of Nehemiah in
reforming abuses, both as it concerned the divine honor, and the
people's happiness. Nothing could be more important than the
preserva...
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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...
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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...
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And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them,
and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, [saying], Ye
shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take thei...
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_And I contended with them_, &c. These words, it must be acknowledged
as proceeding from Nehemiah's own mouth, sound somewhat harshly in our
translation; but the meaning of them seems to be only as fo...
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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...
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And I contended with them, chiding them not as a private person, but
in his capacity as governor of the province, AND CURSED THEM AND SMOTE
CERTAIN OF THEM, AND PLUCKED OFF THEIR HAIR, attacking them...
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INTERMARRIAGES FORBIDDEN...
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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...
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CURSED THEM:
Or, reviled them...
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23-31 If either parent be ungodly, corrupt nature will incline the
children to take after that one; which is a strong reason why
Christians should not be unequally yoked. In the education of
children...
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CURSED THEM, i.e. caused them to be excommunicated and cast out of the
society and privileges of God's people. This and the following
punishments were justly inflicted upon them, because this
transgre...
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Nehemiah 13:25 contended H7378 (H8799) cursed H7043 (H8762) struck
H5221 (H8686) some H582 hair H4803 ...
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SEPARATION FROM IDOLATROUS FOREIGN WOMEN (NEHEMIAH 13:23).
Nehemiah's final act to which he calls God's attention is his
purifying of Jerusalem (or possibly of the new Israel) from idolatrous
foreign...
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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...
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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...
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_And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Elashib
did._
THE RELIGIOUS REFORMER
Remark--
I. The state of Jerusalem during Nehemiah’s absence.
II. The reforms he achieved.
1. His pu...
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NEHEMIAH 13:23 The Problem of Intermarriage Again. As the returned
exiles ignored covenantal commitments such as Sabbath keeping, they
began losing their sense of identity as God’s special people. One...
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NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 13:25 Nehemiah calls the people back to
the Mosaic law (Deuteronomy 7:1) and cites the example of SOLOMON, who
was turned away fro
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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...
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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...
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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...
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2 Chronicles 15:12; Deuteronomy 25:2; Deuteronomy 25:3; Deuteronomy
27:14;...
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Cursed — Caused them to be excommunicated and cast out of the
society of God's people. This and the following punishments were
justly inflicted upon them, because this transgression was contrary
both...