Nehemiah 13:29

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

27We can never agree to all the evil things that you have done. If we all married foreign women, we would not be faithful to our God.’ 28Joiada was the son of Eliashib, the leader of the priests. One of Joiada's sons had married a daughter of Sanballat, who came from Horon. I sent Joiada's son away from Jerusalem. My God, remember what these people have done. They have not been faithful to you as your priests. They have spoiled the covenant that you made with the priests and the other descendants of Levi. 30After that, I made the priests and the Levites clean to serve God. I made them become separate from any foreign thing. I told each of them which job they should do. 31I also made sure that people brought wood to the temple for sacrifices on the altar. I made them bring the first crops and fruits from their fields for the offerings. My God, please remember to bless me.

Nehemiah 13:29 word by word

זָכְרָ֥ה לָהֶ֖ם אֱלֹהָ֑י עַ֚ל גָּאֳלֵ֣י הַכְּהֻנָּ֔ה וּבְרִ֥ית הַכְּהֻנָּ֖ה וְהַלְוִיִּֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Rememberזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
• them, O my Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• because they have defiledגֹּ֫אֶלgô'el · defilementH1352
• the priesthoodכְּהֻנָּהkehûnnâh · priesthoodH3550
• and the covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
• and of the Levitesלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881

Cross-references for Nehemiah 13:29

• Nehemiah 6:14My God, please remember all the bad things that Tobiah and Sanballat have done. Also remember the prophetess, Noadiah, and the other prophets who have tried to frighten me.
• Psalms 59:5For you are the Lord God Almighty, the God that Israel serves. Get up and punish all the foreign nations. Do not forgive any wicked people who have turned against us. Selah.
• 2 Timothy 4:14Alexander, the man who makes things from metal, caused a lot of trouble for me. The Lord will punish him because of the wrong things that he did.
• Leviticus 21:1The Lord said to Moses, ‘Say this to the priests. They must not touch a dead body. That would make them unclean.
• Numbers 16:9The God of Israel has caused you Levites to be separate from all the other Israelites. He has brought you near to himself, to work in the Lord's Tent. He has chosen you to stand in front of all the people to serve them. But it seems that this is not enough for you.
• Numbers 25:12So you must tell him that I have promised that my peace will be with him.
• 1 Samuel 2:30Because of what you have done, the Lord, Israel's God, says this to you: “I promised your family and your ancestors that they would serve me as priests for ever.” But now the Lord says, “That will never happen! I will give honour to people who respect me. But I will curse people who insult me.
• Malachi 2:4The Lord Almighty says, ‘When I punish you like that, you will know that I have warned you. Then the covenant that I made with Levi and his descendants, the priests, can continue.

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

Topics related to Nehemiah 13:29

• Covenant
• Divorce
• Minister, Christian
• Priest

In the dictionaries

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• Covenant
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• Understand
• Genealogy
• Stranger and Sojourner (in the Old Testament)

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