And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, performing their appointed duties, and the ward of their purification, attending also to the duties of purifying, according to the commandment of David and of Solomon, his son, 1 Chronicles 25, 26.
THE WARD OF THE PURIFICATION - The observances with respect to purification. Compare 1 Chronicles 23:28....
CHAPTER 12 _ 1. Priests and Levites at the time of the return under Zerubbabel and Joshua (Nehemiah 12:1)_ 2. The descendants of Joshua, the high priest (Nehemiah 12:10) 3. The heads of the priestl...
PROVISION FOR THE PRIESTS AND LEVITES. Probably an insertion by the Chronicler. Nehemiah 12:44. on that day: better, with AV, at that time, which is, in accordance with the Heb., more indefinite (_cf....
WARD. charge. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4....
_And both the singers and the porters kept_ R.V. AND THEY KEPT … AND SO DID THE SINGERS AND THE PORTERS. The verse, according to the rendering of the R.V. states first that the priests and Levites per...
7. Concern is expressed over the support of the Levites. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 12:44-47 44 On that day men were also appointed over the chambers for the stores, the contributions, the first fruits, and the...
_AND BOTH THE SINGERS AND THE PORTERS KEPT THE WARD OF THEIR GOD, AND THE WARD OF THE PURIFICATION, ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDMENT OF DAVID, AND OF SOLOMON HIS SON._ The singers and the porters kept .....
THE DEDICATION OF THE WALL OF JERUSALEM 1. The priests] The names in Nehemiah 12:1 likewise appear with some variations in Nehemiah 10:3 see also Ezra 2:36....
THE WARD] better, 'the charge': cp. 2 Chronicles 13:11....
THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN NEHEMIAH _ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_ CHAPTER 12 V1 This is a list of the priests and *Levites who returned from *exile. They returned with Zerubbabe...
Only the *descendants of Aaron could serve as priests. So the phrase ‘the *descendants of Aaron’ means the priests. Although the people were having a happy time they had to think about the future of...
(44-47) Economical arrangements....
KEPT THE WARD. — This should be read differently. The priests and Levites _kept the ward of their God, and the ward of purification, and the singers and porters,_ &c. To “keep the ward” is to observe...
וַֽ יִּשְׁמְר֞וּ מִשְׁמֶ֤רֶת אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶם֙ וּ מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת...
BEGINNINGS Nehemiah 12:27 A CURIOUS feature of the history of the restoration of Israel already met with several times is postponement. Thus in the days of Cyrus. Zerubbabel leads up an expedition fo...
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...
Here the story of the settlement of the people in Jerusalem is completed. This IS followed by an account o f the solemn dedication of the wall. It would seem as though it had been postponed for some c...
_Asaph was master of music in the reign of David. (Menochius)_...
I pass over every inferior consideration in those verses, to call the Reader's attention to what appears to me infinitely surpassing every other: I mean, that the holy songs of Nehemiah were evidently...
It's Not How You Start I. INTRODUCTION 1. In Nehemiah 12:44-47 = people were appointed over the store rooms to collect the tithes, offerings, and firstfruits. a) Priests and singers were re-appoint...
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...
_Both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God_ That ward or charge which God had prescribed them. _And_, in particular, _the charge of purification_, of taking care that no unclean pers...
1 The Priests, 8 and the Leuites which came vp with Zerubbabel. 10 The succession of hie Priests. 22 Certaine chiefe Leuites. 27 The solemnitie of the dedication of the walls. 44 The offices of P...
PRIESTS AND LEVITES (vv. 1-26) In these verses God sees fit to list the names of the priests and Levites who came to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel in the first return for the rebuilding of the city. Ezr...
44-47 When the solemnities of a thanksgiving day leave such impressions on ministers and people, that both are more careful and cheerful in doing their duty, they are indeed acceptable to the Lord, an...
THE WARD OF THEIR GOD, i.e. that ward, or charge, or business which God had prescribed to them. AND THE WARD OF THE PURIFICATION; and in particular THE CHARGE OF PURIFICATION, i.e. of taking care that...
Nehemiah 12:45 singers H7891 (H8789) gatekeepers H7778 kept H8104 (H8799) charge H4931 God H430 charge H4931 pur
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TEMPLE TREASURY, AND THE CHAMBERS TO CONTAIN THE HEAVE-OFFERINGS, FIRSTFRUITS AND TITHES THAT WERE OFFERED TO YHWH, THEIR RESTORATION, AND THE EXCLUSION OF ALL WHO RELIGIOUSLY...
MEN APPOINTED OVER THE STORAGE CHAMBERS IN THE TEMPLE AND ARRANGEMENTS ARE MADE FOR THE GATHERING OF THE OFFERINGS AND TITHES FOR THE SUSTENANCE OF THE GOD-ORDAINED PRIESTS AND LEVITES (NEHEMIAH 12:44...
CONTENTS: Priests and Levites who went to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel. Dedication of the walls. CHARACTERS: God, Nehemiah, Ezra, Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Seraiah, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: Great mercies call f...
Nehemiah 12:47. _They sanctified unto the levites, and the levites sanctified unto the children of Aaron._ They dedicated and delivered not only the tithes, and the tithe of the tithes, as stated in N...
_And both the singers._ THANKS-GIVING AND THANKS-LIVING We have here the effects of the joy that was at the dedication of the wall. I. The ministers were more careful than they had been of their wor...
EXPLANATORY NOTES.] “The list of the inhabitants of the province (chap. 11) is followed by lists of the priests and Levites (Nehemiah 12:1). These different lists are, in fact, all connected with the...
PART IV. DEDICATION OF THE WALL OF JERUSALEM UNDER NEHEMIAH AND EZRA, WITH NEHEMIAH'S ARRANGEMENT OF THE TEMPLE OFFICERS, AND HIS...
In chapter 12: Now these are the priests and the Levites (Nehemiah 12:1) And so it gives the names of those priests and Levites that were serving at the time, and it gives their genealogy in verses N...
1 Chronicles 23:28; 1 Chronicles 26:32; 2 Chronicles 23:6...
The ward — That ward, or charge, which God had prescribed to them. And in particular the charge of purification, of taking care that no unclean person or thing should enter into the house or courts of...