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Verse Nehemiah 13:8. _I CAST FORTH ALL THE HOUSEHOLD STUFF OF TOBIAH_]
He acted as Jesus Christ did when he found the courts of the Lord's
house profaned: He _overthrew the tables of the moneychangers...
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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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See Nehemiah 13:4 for. special note.
I CAST FORTH. His authority was not disputed. Malachi (2-4) also
rebukes the People....
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2. Tobiah is driven out.
TEXT, NEHEMIAH 13:4-9
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Now prior to this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the
chambers of the house of our God, being related to Tobiah,
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had prepared a larg...
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_AND I CAME TO JERUSALEM, AND UNDERSTOOD OF THE EVIL THAT ELIASHIB DID
FOR TOBIAH, IN PREPARING HIM A CHAMBER IN THE COURTS OF THE HOUSE OF
GOD._
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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When Nehemiah returned to Jerusalem, he discovered what Eliashib had
done. So Nehemiah was very angry. This does not mean that Nehemiah
could not control his temper. It means that he acted in a strict...
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(4-9) The scandal of the high priest....
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IT GRIEVED ME SORE. — The second time we read of Nehemiah’s deep
emotion: first, because of the utter dissoluteness of which this was a
token; and secondly, because it was a priestly desecration....
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וַ יֵּ֥רַֽע לִ֖י מְאֹ֑ד וָֽ
אַשְׁלִ֜יכָה אֶֽת
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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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NEGLECT OF RELIGIOUS DUTIES
Nehemiah 12:44; Nehemiah 13:1
In Nehemiah 12:44 we have recorded the care that was manifested for
the worthy maintenance of those who ministered in sacred things. As a
res...
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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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_And I. Nehemias acted as governor, and performed the duty which the
high priest neglected. (Calmet)_...
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It should seem very plainly from what is here said, that Nehemiah had
returned to Persia, and now was come back to Jerusalem. During his
absence Eliashib the High Priest, to his everlasting disgrace,...
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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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And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff
of Tobiah out of the chamber.
Ver. 8. _And it grieved me sore_] Such was his zeal for God that he
could not bear it; no more cou...
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_It grieved me sore_ That so sacred a place should be polluted by one
who, on many accounts, ought not to have come there, being no priest,
a stranger, an Ammonite, and one of the worst of that people...
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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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And it grieved me sore; therefore I cast forth all the household stuff
of Tobiah out of the chamber, much as our Lord later cleansed the
Temple courts of the venders and money-changers....
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IN THE TEMPLE AND ITS SERVICES...
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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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1-9 Israel was a peculiar people, and not to mingle with the nations.
See the benefit of publicly reading the word of God; when it is duly
attended to, it discovers to us sin and duty, good and evil,...
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IT GRIEVED ME SORE, that so sacred a place should be polluted by one
who in many respects ought not to have come there, being no priest, a
stranger, an Ammonite, and one of the worst of that people; a...
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Nehemiah 13:8 grieved H3415 (H8799) bitterly H3966 threw H7993 (H8686)
household H1004 goods H3627 Tobiah H2900 of
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WITH NEHEMIAH HAVING TO RETURN TO REPORT TO ARTAXERXES, UNHOLINESS
AGAIN BEGAN TO INFILTRATE THE HOLY CITY, A SITUATION WHICH HAD TO BE
DEALT WITH ON NEHEMIAH'S RETURN (NEHEMIAH 13:1).
It should be no...
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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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NEHEMIAH 13:1 Ejection of Tobiah the Ammonite from the Temple. While
Nehemiah was in the Persian capital of Susa, reporting to the king (v.
Nehemiah 13:6; see note on 2:4–6),
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NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 13:4 The connection of these verses with
vv. Nehemiah 13:1 is that TOBIAH, an enemy of the community ...
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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...
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Ezra 10:1; Ezra 9:3; Ezra 9:4; John 2:13; Mark 11:15;...
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Grieved me — That so sacred a place should be polluted by one who in
many respects ought not to come there, being no priest, a stranger, an
Ammonite, and one of the worst of that people; and that all...