Nehemiah 13:29

29 My God, remember them; because they have defiled the office of cohen and the covenant of the cohanim and L'vi'im.

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 Are we to give in to you and let you continue in this very great evil, breaking faith with our God by marrying foreign women?"

28 One of the sons of Yoyada the son of Elyashiv, the cohen hagadol, had become son-in-law to Sanvalat the Horoni; so I drove him out of my presence.

29 My God, remember them; because they have defiled the office of cohen and the covenant of the cohanim and L'vi'im.

30 Thus I cleansed them of everything foreign, and I had the cohanim and L'vi'im resume their duties, each one in his appointed task.

31 I also made provision for the delivery of wood at stated times, and for the firstfruits. My God, remember me favorably.