"Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing."
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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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THE SEPARATION OF THE MIXED MULTITUDE FROM ISRAEL. A fragment inserted
by way of introduction to the episode which follows.
Nehemiah 13:1 f. _Cf._ Deuteronomy 23:3.
Nehemiah 13:3. The fact that this...
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BECAUSE THEY (plural) Num 22:56. Deuteronomy 23:3; Deuteronomy 23:4.
CHILDREN. sons.
HIRED BALAAM. Numbers 22:5; Numbers 22:6; Joshua 24:9; Joshua 24:10.
THEM (singular), i.e. Israel.
CURSE. Hebre...
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_because they met not_, &c. Cf. Deuteronomy 23:4, - _Because they
met_you _not with bread and with water_in the way when ye came forth
out of Egypt; and because they (Heb. he) _hired against_thee
_Bal...
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TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENT
C. Foreigners are expelled and religious reforms are instituted to
purify the nation.
1. Foreigners are expelled.
TEXT, NEHEMIAH 13:1-3
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On that day they read alou...
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_BECAUSE THEY MET NOT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WITH BREAD AND WITH
WATER, BUT HIRED BALAAM AGAINST THEM, THAT HE SHOULD CURSE THEM:
HOWBEIT OUR GOD TURNED THE CURSE INTO A BLESSING._
No JFB commentary...
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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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This seems to mean a particular day after Nehemiah returned to *Judah.
It seems that, until then, the people had neglected to read the law of
God. But on that particular day, they heard the law. Then...
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XIII.
(1-3) Reform as _to_ mixed marriages.
(1) ON THAT DAY. — Probably the season of the Feast of Tabernacles,
as before. But portions were selected to be read.
THEY READ IN THE BOOK OF MOSES. — “...
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כִּ֣י לֹ֧א קִדְּמ֛וּ אֶת ־בְּנֵ֥י
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בַּ † לֶּ֣חֶם וּ בַ †
מָּ֑יִם וַ יִּשְׂכֹּ֨ר...
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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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The history of Moab's conduct to Israel, and the vile attempt of
Balaam, we have Numbers 22:23. And the Lord's commands in consequence
we have Deuteronomy 23:3. But added to these, the prohibition of...
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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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Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water,
but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our
God turned the curse into a blessing.
Ver. 2. _Because the...
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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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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Nehemiah 13:2 met H6923 (H8765) children H1121 Israel H3478 bread
H3899 water H4325 hired H7936 (H8799) Balaam H1109 curse H7043 (H8763)
God H430 turned H2015 (H8799) curse H7045 blessing H1293
Becau...
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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 n...
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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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_Howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing._
THE CURSE TURNED INTO A BLESSING
This was just like God, whose name and nature are love.
1. The devil turns the blessing into a curse. When God c...
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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), his opponents took advant...
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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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Deuteronomy 23:5; Joshua 24:10; Joshua 24:9; Micah 6:5; Matthew 25:40;
Numbers 22:3; Numbers 23:18; Numbers 23:8; Numbers 24:5; Psalms 109:2