Nehemiah 12:30

30 And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and they purified the people, and the porters, and the wall.

Nehemiah 12:30 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 12:30

And the priests and the Levites purified themselves
By washing their bodies and their clothes, perhaps by sprinkling the water of purification on them, see ( Numbers 8:6 Numbers 8:7 Numbers 8:21 ) ( 19:9 ) .

Nehemiah 12:30 In-Context

28 And the sons of the singers were assembled both from the neighbourhood round about to Jerusalem, and from the villages,
29 and from the country: for the singers built themselves villages by Jerusalem.
30 And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and they purified the people, and the porters, and the wall.
31 And they brought up the princes of Juda on the wall, and they appointed two great for thanksgiving, and they passed on the right hand on the wall of the dung-gate.
32 And after them went Osaia, and half the princes of Juda,

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