Nehemiah 13:29

29 Remember them, O God, for their connection with the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and the Levites.

Nehemiah 13:29 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 13:29

Remember them, O my God
The priests, and punish them: because they have defiled the priesthood; by marrying strange wives, and rendering themselves unfit to officiate in it:

and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites;
made with Levi, Aaron, and Phinehas, see ( Numbers 24:11-13 ) , of the corruption of which, complaint is made, ( Malachi 2:4-8 ) .

Nehemiah 13:29 In-Context

27 So we will not hearken to you to do all this evil, to break covenant with our God, —to marry strange wives.

28 and Elisub the high priest, of the sons of Joada, son-in-law of Sanaballat the Uranite, I chased him away from me.

29 Remember them, O God, for their connection with the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and the Levites.

30 So I purged them from all foreign connection, and established courses for the priests and the Levites, man according to his work.

31 And the offering of the wood-bearers at certain set times, and in the first-fruits. Remember me, O our God, for good.