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Verse 20. _SO THE MERCHANTS - LODGED WITHOUT JERUSALEM_] They exposed
their wares for sale on the outside of the walls....
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CHAPTER 13
_ 1. The separation of the mixed multitude (Nehemiah 13:1)_
2. The unholy alliance repudiated (Nehemiah 13:4)
3. Nehemiah's action in behalf of the Levites and singers (Nehemiah
13:10
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SOME DETAILS OF NEHEMIAH'S RULE. This section, taken for the most part
from Nehemiah's memoirs, deals with his zeal for the sanctity of the
Temple (Nehemiah 13:4), his organisation for the maintenance...
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_So the merchants_, &c. The device only partially succeeded; and
various merchants, who had been compelled for 24 hours to remain
without the walls, seem to have carried on their trade with such of
th...
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4. Labor and merchandising is forbidden on the Sabbath.
TEXT, NEHEMIAH 13:15-22
15
In those days I saw in Judah some who were treading wine presses on
the sabbath, and bringing in sacks of grain and...
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_THERE DWELT MEN OF TYRE ALSO THEREIN, WHICH BROUGHT FISH, AND ALL
MANNER OF WARE, AND SOLD ON THE SABBATH UNTO THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH,
AND IN JERUSALEM._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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THE REFORM OF ABUSES
The reforms embraced the separation of Israel from the mixed multitude
and the abolition of certain abuses that had arisen in connexion with
the chambers of the Temple, the provi...
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THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN
NEHEMIAH
_ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_
CHAPTER 13
Twelve years after the people rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem,
Nehemiah returned to Persia. Some tim...
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Nehemiah gave orders that people must not trade on the 7th day of the
week. He ordered the guards in Jerusalem to shut the gates of the city
during the 7th day. He also spoke to the people from other...
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(15-22) Vindication of the Sabbath....
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ONCE OR TWICE. — For a time they lodged outside; the unseemliness of
this, and the evidence it gave that they were only waiting to evade
the law, made Nehemiah testify in word, and threaten forcible a...
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וַ יָּלִ֨ינוּ הָ רֹכְלִ֜ים וּ
מֹכְרֵ֧י כָל
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THE RIGOUR OF THE REFORMER
Nehemiah 13:1
THERE is no finality in history. The chapter, that seems to be rounded
off with a perfect conclusion always leaves room for an appendix,
which in its turn may...
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A DISOBEDIENT AND GAINSAYING PEOPLE
Nehemiah 13:15
Let us remember to keep perpetual Sabbath in the heart, whatever be
our outward life. In this life there is a Sabbath rest for the people
of God, He...
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In this final section we have the account of Nehemiah's last
reformation, After building the wall he had evidently gone back to the
court of the king. Twelve years later, seeking permission, he
return...
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Reader! doth it not strike thy mind while reading this account of the
profanation of the sabbath, that there is but too great a resemblance
between the days of Nehemiah and the present, in this crying...
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It's Not How You Start
I. INTRODUCTION
II. Nehemiah 13:1-31 (NKJV) On that day they read from the Book of
Moses in the hearing of the people, and in it was found written that
no Ammonite or Moabite...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 12 AND 13.
We have already seen that gladness was the portion of the people; a
joy which acknowledged God, for God had preserved the people and had
blessed th...
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So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without
Jerusalem once or twice.
Ver. 20. So the merchants … lodged without Jerusalem] They would
not easily be said, or take an answer, so des...
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_The merchants, &c., lodged without Jerusalem_ In the open field, (as
appears by the next verse,) where, perhaps, they pitched their tents,
and opened their packs, hoping to sell their wares on the sa...
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1 Vpon the reading of the Law, separation is made from the mixed
multitude.
4 Nehemiah at his returne, causeth the chambers to bee cleansed.
10 He reformeth the offices in the house of God.
15 The...
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SEPARATION FROM MIXTURE
(vv. 1-3)
At this same time, of which chapter 12:27-47 speaks, they read in the
Book of Moses that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever come into the
assembly of God, because o...
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15-22 The keeping holy the Lord's day forms an important object for
their attention who would promote true godliness. Religion never
prospers while sabbaths are trodden under foot. No wonder there wa...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Nehemiah 13:20 merchants H7402 (H8802) sellers H4376 (H8802) wares
H4465 lodged H3885 (H8799) outside H2351 Jer
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‘So the merchants and sellers of all kind of wares lodged outside
Jerusalem once or twice.'
Nothing daunted the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares still
came to Jerusalem prior to the Sabbath...
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CONTENTS: Cleansing the temple. Nehemiah's second visit to Jerusalem
and his further reforms.
CHARACTERS: God, Nehemiah, Eliashib, Tobiah.
CONCLUSION: Nothing grieves a godly man more than to see th...
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Nehemiah 13:6. _In the thirty second year of Artaxerxes._ Having been
governor in Jerusalem twelve years, Nehemiah returned _to the king,_
at Babylon; and after a residence of about twelve months at t...
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_And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Elashib
did._
THE RELIGIOUS REFORMER
Remark--
I. The state of Jerusalem during Nehemiah’s absence.
II. The reforms he achieved.
1. His pu...
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_In those days I saw in Judah some treading wine presses on the
Sabbath._
KEEPING THE SABBATH
In reforming the evil of Sabbath desecration Nehemiah--
I. Contended with the nobles, or Jewish aristoc...
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_Remember me, O my God, concerning this _
THE MERCY OF GOD CHIN ORIGIN OF THE REWARD OF GOOD WORKS
Learn--
I. That to make provision for maintenance of God’s worship and the
ministers thereof is a w...
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NEHEMIAH 13:15 Dealing with Sabbath Breaking. The community once again
sins, this time by breaking the SABBATH by trading.
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NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 13:19 Nehemiah still has authority and
resources to enforce his reforms (though it is not clear whether he is
still governor).
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EXPLANATORY Notes.]
NEHEMIAH 13:1. ON THAT DAY] This is to be understood in the same sense
as _at that time_, in chap. Nehemiah 12:44. But no doubt public
readings of the law took place frequently dur...
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EXPOSITION
NEHEMIAH'S EFFORTS FOR THE REFORM OF RELIGION (Nehemiah 13:1). After
having exercised the office of governor for twelve years, from B.C.
444 to B.C. 432, Nehemiah had had occasion to visit...
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On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of all the
people; and therein was found written, that an Ammonite and the
Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; Bec...