Nechemyah 13:29

29 Remember them, O Elohai, because they have defiled the kehunah, and the brit (covenant) of the kehunah, and of the Levi’im.

Nechemyah 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 ) .

Nechemyah 13:29 In-Context

27 Shall we then pay heed unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against Eloheinu in marrying strange wives?

28 And one of the Bnei Yoyada ben Elyashiv, the Kohen HaGadol, was son-inlaw to Sanvalat the Choroni; therefore I drove him away from me.

29 Remember them, O Elohai, because they have defiled the kehunah, and the brit (covenant) of the kehunah, and of the Levi’im.

30 Thus I cleansed them from all that is foreign, and had them attend again to the duties of the Kohanim and the Levi’im, every one in his appointed work;

31 And for the korban of wood, at times appointed, and for the bikkurim. Remember me, O Elohai, for good.