Nehemiah 13:29

29 [Nehemiah prayed,] "Remember them, my God, because they have contaminated the priestly office and the promise you made to the 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 Should we follow your example, commit such a serious crime against our God, and be unfaithful to him by marrying non-Israelite women?"

28 Even one of Joiada's sons was a son-in-law of Sanballat from Beth Horon. (Joiada was the son of the chief priest Eliashib.) I chased Joiada's son away from me.

29 [Nehemiah prayed,] "Remember them, my God, because they have contaminated the priestly office and the promise you made to the priests and Levites."

30 So I cleansed them from everything that was foreign. I assigned duties to the priests and Levites. Each one had his own assignment.

31 I also arranged for delivering wood at regular times and for bringing the first produce to be harvested. [Nehemiah prayed,] "Remember me, my God, for my benefit."