Nehemiah 12:30

30 The priests and the Levites ¹purified themselves; they also purified the people, the gates 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 So the sons of the singers were assembled from the district around Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites,

29 from Beth-gilgal and from their fields in Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built themselves villages around Jerusalem.

30 The priests and the Levites purified themselves; they also purified the people, the gates and the wall.

31 Then I had the leaders of Judah come up on top of the wall, and I appointed two great choirs, the first proceeding to the right on top of the wall toward the Refuse Gate.

32 Hoshaiah and half of the leaders of Judah followed them,

Cross References

• 1. Nehemiah 13:22, 30