Nehemiah 13:30

So I made them clean from all strange people, and had regular watches fixed for the priests and for the Levites, everyone in his work;

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Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;

In Context

29Keep them in mind, O my God, because they have put shame on the priests' name and on the agreement of the priests and the Levites.

31And for the wood offering, at fixed times, and for the first fruits. Keep me in mind, O my God, for good.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 23:1Now David was old and full of days; and he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

Nehemiah 10:30And that we would not give our daughters to the peoples of the lands, or take their daughters for our sons;

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 13:24-31

The Dismissal of Strange Wives. ( b. c. 434.) 23 In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab: 24 And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people. 25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for… Read the whole commentary →

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