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Nehemiah 13:29

Prayer

27 Must we now hear that you too are doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”

28 Even one of the sons of Jehoiada son of Eliashib the high priest had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. Therefore I drove him away from me.

Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.

30 Thus I purified the priests and Levites from everything foreign, and I assigned specific duties to each of the priests and Levites.

31 I also arranged for contributions of wood at the appointed times, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, with favor.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
KJV
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
WEB
Remember them, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
ASV
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
DARBY
Remember them, my God, for they are polluters of the priesthood, and of the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites!
BLB
Remember them, O my God, on account of the defiling of the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
ÅB
Kom dem i hu, min Gud, at de har vanæret prestedømmet og prestedømmets og levittenes pakt!
OTB
Husk dem, min Gud, for de har brakt skam over presteskapet og presteskapets og levittenes pakt.
B1930
Kom dem i hu, min Gud, at de har vanæret prestedømmet og prestedømmets og levittenes pakt!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Nehemiah 6:14

    O my God, remember Tobiah and Sanballat for what they have done, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets who tried to intimidate me.

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  • Numbers 16:9–10

    Is it not enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel and brought you near to Himself to perform the work at the LORD’s tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them?

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  • Malachi 2:4–8

    Then you will know that I have sent you this commandment so that My covenant with Levi may continue,” says the LORD of Hosts.

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  • Numbers 25:12–13

    Declare, therefore, that I am granting him My covenant of peace.

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  • Leviticus 21:1–7

    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,

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  • Malachi 2:10–12

    Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?

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  • 2 Timothy 4:14

    Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his deeds.

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  • Psalms 59:5–13

    O LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, rouse Yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah

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