Nehemiah 12:30

30 And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and 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 And the sons of the singers assembled, both out of the plain country around Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;

29 Also from the house of Gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had built them villages around Jerusalem.

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

31 Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great [companies of them that gave] thanks, [of which one] went on the right hand upon the wall towards the dung-gate:

32 And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,