Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Nehemiah 13:31
For the wood-offering and the first-fruits; and particularly I took care for these things, because they had been lately neglected.
For the wood-offering and the first-fruits; and particularly I took care for these things, because they had been lately neglected.
Verse Nehemiah 13:31. _FOR THE WOOD-OFFERING_] This was a most necessary regulation: without it the temple service could not have gone forward; and therefore Nehemiah mentions this as one of the most...
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 WOOD OFFERING. See note on Nehemiah 10:34; Nehemiah 10:35. REMEMBER ME. Thus ends the latest sacred history of the O.T.; chronological, not canonical. In. Macc, 2.13 it is recorded of Nehemiah "ho...
_and for the wood offering_ Cf. Nehemiah 10:35. _the firstfruits_ Cf. Nehemiah 10:36-39. The special mention of these practical measures of reorganization perhaps implies that they remedied two prin...
REMEMBER ME, O MY GOD, FOR GOOD— It has appeared extraordinary to some, that Nehemiah should be so lavish of his own praise, so ostentatious of his good works, as frequently to call upon _God to remem...
6. Nehemiah summarizes his reforms. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 13:30-31 30 Thus I purified them from everything foreign and appointed duties for the priests and the Levites, each in his task, 31 and I arrang...
_AND FOR THE WOOD OFFERING, AT TIMES APPOINTED, AND FOR THE FIRSTFRUITS._ Remember me, O my God, for good. This prayer for the divine blessing, which Nehemiah frequently ejaculated and wrote, was an...
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 prayed again. He knew that the priests had not obeyed God. They had not been good models for the people. Nehemiah tried to make the priests and the *Levites do the right things again. He remo...
Conclusion....
REMEMBER ME, O MY GOD, FOR GOOD. — With these words Nehemiah leaves the scene, commiting himself and his discharge of duty to the Righteous Judge. His conscientious fidelity had brought him into colli...
וּ לְ קֻרְבַּ֧ן הָ עֵצִ֛ים בְּ עִתִּ֥ים
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 for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, (o) for good. (o) That is, to show mercy to me....
Wood. Conformably to the regulations mentioned, chap. x. 34. (Calmet) --- Good. A just man may confidently beg for a reward. (Worthington) --- Amen, is not found in Hebrew, &c. The Holy Spirit records...
REFLECTIONS BEHOLD, my soul! how God's people have been enjoined in all ages to keep separate from all others, and never to mingle with them, much less to form alliances with them, and learn their wor...
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...
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 for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good. Ver. 31. _And for the wood offering_] See Nehemiah 10:34,35 . _ Remember me, O my God, for goo...
_Remember me, O my God, for good_ The best services done to the public, have sometimes been forgotten by those for whom they were done, Ecclesiastes 9:15; therefore Nehemiah refers himself to God to b...
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...
and for the wood-offering, at times appointed, Nehemiah 10:34, AND FOR THE FIRST-FRUITS. REMEMBER ME, O MY GOD, FOR GOOD! It is the Lord who rewards His faithful servants if they are zealous for His h...
INTERMARRIAGES FORBIDDEN...
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...
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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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...
_Remember me, O my God, for good._ SIMPLICITY AND POWER Consciousness of religion cannot be of necessity wrong, and it is only a false estimate of human nature with regard to God which enables men to...
_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 13:30 Summary of Nehemiah’s Temple Reforms. These verses highlight all that Nehemiah has done to ensure pure worship in the temple and to establish proper support for the priests. WOOD OFFERI...
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...
Luke 23:42; Nehemiah 10:34; Nehemiah 13:14; Nehemiah 13:22; Psa
For good — This may well be the summary of our petitions. We need no more to make us happy but this....