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Nehemiah 13:29

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29 Remember them, my God, because they defiled the priestly office and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
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Nehemiah 13:29 in Other Translations

KJV
29 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
ESV
29 Remember them, O my God, because they have desecrated the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
NLT
29 Remember them, O my God, for they have defiled the priesthood and the solemn vows of the priests and Levites.
MSG
29 Remember them, O my God, how they defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priests and Levites.
CSB
29 Remember them, my God, for defiling the priesthood as well as 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 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Nehemiah 13:29 In-Context

27 Must we hear now that you too are doing all this terrible wickedness and are being unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women?”
28 One of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. And I drove him away from me.
29 Remember them, my God, because they defiled the priestly office and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
30 So I purified the priests and the Levites of everything foreign, and assigned them duties, each to his own task.
31 I also made provision for contributions of wood at designated times, and for the firstfruits. Remember me with favor, my God.

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Nehemiah 1:8; Nehemiah 6:14
  • 2. S Numbers 3:12
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