Nehemiah 13:29

29 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the 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 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying foreign wives?"

28 And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite; therefore I chased him from me.

29 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.

30 Thus I cleansed them from all strangers, and appointed the watches of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business,

31 and for the wood offering at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.