And it came to pass that, when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the Sabbath, about the time just before sunset, for the Sabbath of the Jews began with sundown, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the Sabbath. And some of my servants set I at the gates, giving them instructions to watch, that there should no burden be brought in on the Sabbath-day.
Verse 19. _WHEN THE GATES - BEGAN TO BE DARK_] After sunset on Friday evening he caused the gates to be shut, and kept them shut all the Sabbath; and, as he could not trust the ordinary officers, he s...
The gates were closed at the sunset of the day before the Sabbath; since the Sabbath was regarded as commencing on the previous evening....
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
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...
_the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark_ The rare word for -began to be dark" gives rise to the renderings LXX. ἡνίκα κατέστησαν πύλαι, Vulg. -cum quievissent portæ." Another suggested rendering is -...
SOME OF MY SERVANTS SET I AT THE GATES— It seems as if matters were come to such a pass, that Nehemiah could not trust the common porters of the gates, and therefore appointed some of his own domestic...
4. Labor and merchandising is forbidden on the Sabbath. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 13:15-22 15 In those days I saw in Judah some who were treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sacks of grain and...
_THERE DWELT MEN OF TYRE ALSO THEREIN, WHICH BROUGHT FISH, AND ALL MANNER OF WARE, AND SOLD ON THE SABBATH UNTO THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH, AND IN JERUSALEM._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
13:19 servants (e-48) Lit. 'young men,' as elsewhere....
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...
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...
Nehemiah gave orders that people must not trade on the 7th day of the week. He ordered the guards in Jerusalem to shut the gates of the city during the 7th day. He also spoke to the people from other...
SOME OF MY SERVANTS. — These are several times mentioned as employed in public duty. Here they are used provisionally, to keep out traffickers until the formal appointment of the Levitical guard (Nehe...
(15-22) Vindication of the Sabbath....
וַ יְהִ֡י כַּ אֲשֶׁ֣ר צָֽלֲלוּ֩ שַׁעֲרֵ֨י יְר
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...
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...
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...
And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be (i) dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabb...
_At rest. People travelling no longer. (Calmet) --- Hebrew, "shaded, or in the dark." Before Friday night on, the sabbath commenced, and then the gates were shut. (Haydock) --- On the. Hebrew, "before...
Reader! doth it not strike thy mind while reading this account of the profanation of the sabbath, that there is but too great a resemblance between the days of Nehemiah and the present, in this crying...
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...
And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath:...
_Did not your fathers thus?_ He bids them reflect, and consider that this was one of the crimes of which their fathers were guilty; and for which God had suffered them to be carried captive out of 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...
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...
15-22 The keeping holy the Lord's day forms an important object for their attention who would promote true godliness. Religion never prospers while sabbaths are trodden under foot. No wonder there wa...
WHEN THE GATES OF JERUSALEM BEGAN TO BE DARK; which was about sun-setting, by reason of the mountains which were round about and near Jerusalem, PSALMS 125:2. SOME OF MY SERVANTS SET I AT THE GATES, o...
Nehemiah 13:19 gates H8179 Jerusalem H3389 dark H6751 (H8804) before H6440 Sabbath H7676 commanded H559 (H8799)
ENSURING THE PURITY OF JERUSALEM BY THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE SABBATH (NEHEMIAH 13:15). Having purified the Temple and Temple worship, Nehemiah now turns his attention to the city of Jerusalem. This too...
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...
_In those days I saw in Judah some treading wine presses on the Sabbath._ KEEPING THE SABBATH In reforming the evil of Sabbath desecration Nehemiah-- I. Contended with the nobles, or Jewish aristoc...
_Remember me, O my God, concerning this _ THE MERCY OF GOD CHIN ORIGIN OF THE REWARD OF GOOD WORKS Learn-- I. That to make provision for maintenance of God’s worship and the ministers thereof is a w...
_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...
NEHEMIAH 13:15 Dealing with Sabbath Breaking. The community once again sins, this time by breaking the SABBATH by trading. ⇐...
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 13:19 Nehemiah still has authority and resources to enforce his reforms (though it is not clear whether he is still governor). ⇐...
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...
Exodus 31:14; Jeremiah 17:19; Leviticus 23:22; Nehemiah 7:3...
At the gates — Out of a diffidence in those, to whom the keeping of the gates was committed....