Verse 29
Nehemiah 13:29
World English Bible, British Edition
29
Remember them, my God (Elohim), because they have defiled the priesthood and
the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
Original Language Text
hebrew
זָכְרָ֥/ה לָ/הֶ֖ם אֱלֹהָ֑/י עַ֚ל גָּאֳלֵ֣י הַ/כְּהֻנָּ֔ה וּ/בְרִ֥ית הַ/כְּהֻנָּ֖ה וְ/הַ/לְוִיִּֽם
English Translation
Remember to them, O God, regarding the priests and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
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Chapter 13 Context
1
On that day they read in the book of Moses in the hearing of the people;
and it was found written in...
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because they didn’t meet the children of Israel with bread and with water,
but hired Balaam against...
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It came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated all
the mixed multitude from Israe...
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Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the
rooms of the house of our God (Eloh...
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had prepared for him a great room, where before they laid the meal offerings,
the frankincense, the...
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But in all this, I was not at Jerusalem; for in the thirty-second year
of Artaxerxes king of Babylon...
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and I came to Jerusalem, and understood the evil that Eliashib had done
for Tobiah, in preparing him...
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8
It grieved me severely. Therefore I threw all Tobiah’s household stuff
out of the room.
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9
Then I commanded, and they cleansed the rooms. I brought into them the
vessels of God (Elohim)’s hou...
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10
I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given
them, so that the Levites and the si...
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11
Then I contended with the rulers, and said, “Why is God (Elohim)’s house forsaken?”
I gathered them...
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12
Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain, the new wine, and the
oil to the treasuries.
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13
I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok
the scribe, and of the Levite...
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14
Remember me, my God (Elohim), concerning this, and don’t wipe out my
good deeds that I have done for...
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15
In those days I saw some men treading wine presses on the Sabbath
in Judah, bringing in sheaves, and...
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Some men of Tyre also lived there, who brought in fish and all kinds
of wares, and sold on the Sabba...
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17
Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, “What
evil thing is this that you do, a...
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18
Didn’t your fathers do this, and didn’t our God (Elohim) bring all this evil
on us and on this city?...
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19
It came to pass that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be
dark before the Sabbath, I commanded th...
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20
So the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares camped outside of
Jerusalem once or twice.
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21
Then I testified against them, and said to them, “Why do you stay around
the wall? If you do so agai...
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22
I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that
they should come and keep the g...
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23
In those days I also saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod,
of Ammon, and of Moab;
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and their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not
speak in the Jews’ language, bu...
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25
I contended with them, cursed them, struck certain of them, plucked
off their hair, and made them sw...
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Didn’t Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet amongst many
nations there was no king like h...
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27
Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil, to trespass
against our God (Elohim) in marry...
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28
One of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest,
was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horo...
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29
Remember them, my God (Elohim), because they have defiled the priesthood and
the covenant of the pri...
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Thus I cleansed them from all foreigners and appointed duties
for the priests and for the Levites, e...
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and for the wood offering, at appointed times, and for the first fruits.
Remember me, my God (Elohim...
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