Nehemiah 13:29 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁹Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

Nehemiah 13:29 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nehemiah 6:14
My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.
Malachi 2:4-8
And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts. …
Numbers 16:9-10
Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them? …
Leviticus 21:1-7
And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people: …
Numbers 25:12-13
Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace: …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 23-31)

We have here one instance more of Nehemiah’s pious zeal for the purifying of his countrymen as a peculiar people to God; that was the thing he aimed at in the use of his power, not the enriching of himself. See here, I. How they had corrupted themselves by marrying strange wives. This was complained of in Ezra’s time, and much done towards a reformation, Ezra 9:1-10:44 But, when the unclean spirit…