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 their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
(m) That is, I excommunicated them and drove them out of the congregation.
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...
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...
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.
_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;...
Nehemiah's protest against mixed marriages, cf. Nehemiah 9:2; Nehemiah 10:28; Nehemiah 10:30; Ezra 9:1 ff;...
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,...
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,...
_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 THEIR...
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...
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...
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...
(23-29) The mixed marriages again....
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,...
וָ אָרִ֤יב עִמָּם֙ וָ אֲקַֽלְלֵ֔ם וָ אַכֶּ֥ה
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...
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...
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 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...
_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...
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 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...
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...
CURSED THEM: Or, reviled them...
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...
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...
Nehemiah 13:25 contended H7378 (H8799) cursed H7043 (H8762) struck H5221 (H8686) some H582 hair H4803 ...
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...
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 13:25 Nehemiah calls the people back to the Mosaic law (Deuteronomy 7:1) and cites the example of SOLOMON, who was turned away fro
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...
2 Chronicles 15:12; Deuteronomy 25:2; Deuteronomy 25:3; Deuteronomy 27:14;...
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...