Christian Standard Bible
Nehemiah 13:29
29Remember them, my God, for defiling the priesthood as well as the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
Nehemiah 13:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
- New International Version (NIV)Remember them, my God, because they defiled the priestly office and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Remember them, O my God, because they have desecrated the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
Context of Nehemiah 13:29
27Why then should we hear about you doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?” 28Even one of the sons of Jehoiada, son of the high priest Eliashib, had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. So I drove him away from me. Remember them, my God, for defiling the priesthood as well as the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites. 30So I purified them from everything foreign and assigned specific duties to each of the priests and Levites. 31I also arranged for the donation of wood at the appointed times and for the firstfruits. Remember me, my God, with favor.
Read all of Nehemiah 13Nehemiah 13:29 word by word
זָכְרָ֥ה לָהֶ֖ם אֱלֹהָ֑י עַ֚ל גָּאֳלֵ֣י הַכְּהֻנָּ֔ה וּבְרִ֥ית הַכְּהֻנָּ֖ה וְהַלְוִיִּֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Nehemiah 13:29
- Nehemiah 6:14My God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat for what they have done, and also the prophetess Noadiah and the other prophets who wanted to intimidate me.
- Psalms 59:5Lord God of Armies, you are the God of Israel. Rise up to punish all the nations; do not show favor to any wicked traitors.Selah
- 2 Timothy 4:14Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his works.
- Leviticus 21:1The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them: A priest is not to make himself ceremonially unclean for a dead person among his relatives,
- Numbers 16:9Isn’t it enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the Israelite community to bring you near to himself, to perform the work at the Lord’s tabernacle, and to stand before the community to minister to them?
- Numbers 25:12Therefore declare: I grant him my covenant of peace.
- 1 Samuel 2:30“Therefore, this is the declaration of the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘I did say that your family and your forefather’s family would walk before me forever. But now,’ this is the Lord’s declaration, ‘no longer! For those who honor me I will honor, but those who despise me will be disgraced.
- Malachi 2:4Then you will know that I sent you this decree, so that my covenant with Levi may continue,” says the Lord of Armies.
Commentaries on Nehemiah 13:29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29Because 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.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-31Verses 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, great care should be taken about the government of their tongues; that they learn not the language of Ashdod, no impious or impure talk, no corrupt communication. Nehemiah showed the evil of these marriages. Some, more obstinate than the rest, he…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29Remember them, O my God: Many likely resented Nehemiah's strong stance against intermarriage in the high priest's family. He prayed for God's judgment on these spiritual leaders who defiled the priesthood.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-3115-22. In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine-presses on the sabbath--The cessation of the temple services had been necessarily followed by a public profanation of the Sabbath, and this had gone so far that labor was carried on in the fields, and fish brought to the markets on the sacred day. Nehemiah took the decisive step of ordering the city gates to be shut, and not to be opened, till the Sabbath was past; and in order to ensure the faithful…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Nehemiah 13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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