Verse 29. Because they have defiled the priesthood] God, therefore, will remember their iniquities against them, and punish them for their transgressions. These words of Nehemiah are to be understood declaratively.
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...
THEY HAVE DEFILED. Compare Malachi 2:1. Hebrew. _ga'al,_. _Homonym._ See note on Ezra 2:62. COVENANT. Compare Nehemiah 9:38....
Nehemiah's protest against mixed marriages, cf. Nehemiah 9:2; Nehemiah 10:28; Nehemiah 10:30; Ezra 9:1 ff;...
_Remember them_ Here in a bad sense. _because they have defiled_ R.V. marg. -Heb. _for the defilings of_". The word so rendered occurs only here. It is from the same root as the word -Goel," which ex...
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,...
_DID NOT SOLOMON KING OF ISRAEL SIN BY THESE THINGS? YET AMONG MANY NATIONS WAS THERE NO KING LIKE HIM, WHO WAS BELOVED OF HIS GOD, AND GOD MADE HIM KING OVER ALL ISRAEL: NEVERTHELESS EVEN HIM DID OUT...
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...
DEFILED THE PRIESTHOOD] The actual high priest was prohibited from taking as his wife any but a virgin of his own people (Leviticus 21:14)....
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...
(23-29) The mixed marriages again....
REMEMBER THEM. — This priestly violation of law is committed to God alone for punishment. AND OF THE LEVITES. — God chose the tribe of Levi for Himself, specially the house of Aaron, and every priest...
זָכְרָ֥ה לָהֶ֖ם אֱלֹהָ֑י עַ֚ל גָּאֳלֵ֣י הַ כּ
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...
Remember them, O my God, because they have (n) defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites. (n) Punish them according to their sin and the evil example they have gi...
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...
_Remember them, O my God_ Convince them of sin, and bring them to repentance; put them in mind of what they should be and do, that they may come to themselves. Or, remember them to reckon with them fo...
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...
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, Deuteronomy 33:8; Leviticus 21:6, AND THE COVENANT OF THE PRIESTHOOD AND OF THE LEVITES, bringing disgrace upon their office and sett...
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...
BECAUSE THEY HAVE DEFILED: _ Heb._ for the defilings...
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...
That covenant made between me and his progenitors for themselves and their posterity, whereby I promised to give them _an everlasting priesthood_, NUMBERS 25:12,13, and they covenanted with me that th...
Nehemiah 13:29 Remember H2142 (H8798) God H430 defiled H1352 priesthood H3550 covenant H1285 priesthood H3550 Levites...
THE BANISHMENT OF A MEMBER OF THE HIGH PRIEST'S FAMILY FOR MARRYING A NON-ISRAELITE WOMAN AND THUS DISOBEYING GOD'S LAW AND DEFILING THE PRIESTHOOD (NEHEMIAH 13:28). Nehemiah 13:28 ‘And one of the so...
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...
_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 13:23 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...
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 13:29 REMEMBER THEM. See also Nehemiah 6:14. COVENANT OF THE PRIESTHOOD. The special obligations of the pr
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...
1 Samuel 2:30; 2 Timothy 4:14; Leviticus 21:1; Malachi 2:10; Mal