Nehemiah 13:29

29 Remember them, O Lord my God, that defile the priesthood, and the law of priests and 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 And shall we also be disobedient and do all this great evil to transgress against our God, and marry strange women:

28 And one of the sons of Joiada the son of Eliasib the high priest, was son in law to Sanaballat the Horonite, and I drove him from me.

29 Remember them, O Lord my God, that defile the priesthood, and the law of priests and Levites.

30 So I separated from them all strangers, and I appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites, every man in his ministry:

31 And for the offering of wood at times appointed, and for the firstfruits: remember me, O my God, unto good. Amen.