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Verse 29. _BECAUSE THEY HAVE DEFILED THE PRIESTHOOD_] God, therefore,
will _remember_ their iniquities against them, and punish them for
their transgressions. These words of Nehemiah are to be underst...
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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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THEY HAVE DEFILED. Compare Malachi 2:1. Hebrew. _ga'al,_. _Homonym._
See note on Ezra 2:62.
COVENANT. Compare Nehemiah 9:38....
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Nehemiah's protest against mixed marriages, cf. Nehemiah 9:2; Nehemiah
10:28; Nehemiah 10:30; Ezra 9:1 ff;...
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_Remember them_ Here in a bad sense.
_because they have defiled_ R.V. marg. -Heb. _for the defilings of_".
The word so rendered occurs only here. It is from the same root as the
word -Goel," which ex...
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5. Nehemiah deals with the problem of mixed marriages.
TEXT, NEHEMIAH 13:23-29
23
In those days I also saw that the Jews had married women from Ashdod,
Ammon, and Moab.
24
As for their children,...
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_DID NOT SOLOMON KING OF ISRAEL SIN BY THESE THINGS? YET AMONG MANY
NATIONS WAS THERE NO KING LIKE HIM, WHO WAS BELOVED OF HIS GOD, AND
GOD MADE HIM KING OVER ALL ISRAEL: NEVERTHELESS EVEN HIM DID
OUT...
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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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DEFILED THE PRIESTHOOD] The actual high priest was prohibited from
taking as his wife any but a virgin of his own people (Leviticus
21:14)....
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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 prayed again. He knew that the priests had not obeyed God.
They had not been good models for the people. Nehemiah tried to make
the priests and the *Levites do the right things again. He remo...
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(23-29) The mixed marriages again....
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REMEMBER THEM. — This priestly violation of law is committed to God
alone for punishment.
AND OF THE LEVITES. — God chose the tribe of Levi for Himself,
specially the house of Aaron, and every priest...
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זָכְרָ֥ה לָהֶ֖ם אֱלֹהָ֑י עַ֚ל
גָּאֳלֵ֣י הַ כּ
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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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Here we have recorded another instance of the zeal of Nehemiah in
reforming abuses, both as it concerned the divine honor, and the
people's happiness. Nothing could be more important than the
preserva...
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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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_Remember them, O my God_ Convince them of sin, and bring them to
repentance; put them in mind of what they should be and do, that they
may come to themselves. Or, remember them to reckon with them fo...
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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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Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood,
Deuteronomy 33:8; Leviticus 21:6, AND THE COVENANT OF THE PRIESTHOOD
AND OF THE LEVITES, bringing disgrace upon their office and sett...
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INTERMARRIAGES FORBIDDEN...
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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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BECAUSE THEY HAVE DEFILED:
_ Heb._ for the defilings...
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23-31 If either parent be ungodly, corrupt nature will incline the
children to take after that one; which is a strong reason why
Christians should not be unequally yoked. In the education of
children...
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That covenant made between me and his progenitors for themselves and
their posterity, whereby I promised to give them _an everlasting
priesthood_, NUMBERS 25:12,13, and they covenanted with me that th...
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Nehemiah 13:29 Remember H2142 (H8798) God H430 defiled H1352
priesthood H3550 covenant H1285 priesthood H3550 Levites...
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THE BANISHMENT OF A MEMBER OF THE HIGH PRIEST'S FAMILY FOR MARRYING A
NON-ISRAELITE WOMAN AND THUS DISOBEYING GOD'S LAW AND DEFILING THE
PRIESTHOOD (NEHEMIAH 13:28).
Nehemiah 13:28
‘And one of the so...
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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 13:23 The Problem of Intermarriage Again. As the returned
exiles ignored covenantal commitments such as Sabbath keeping, they
began losing their sense of identity as God’s special people. One...
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NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 13:29 REMEMBER THEM. See also Nehemiah
6:14. COVENANT OF THE PRIESTHOOD. The special obligations of the pr
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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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1 Samuel 2:30; 2 Timothy 4:14; Leviticus 21:1; Malachi 2:10; Mal