Nehemiah 13:22

and I told the Levites who were purifying themselves, and came and kept the gates, that they should sanctify the sabbath-day. Remember me, O God, for these things, and spare me according to the abundance of thy mercy.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.

In Context

21Then I testified against them, and said to them, Why do ye lodge in front of the wall? if ye do so again, I will stretch out my hand upon you. From that time they came not on the sabbath.

23And in those days I saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:

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Cross References

2 Kings 23:4And the king commanded Chelcias the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and them that kept the door, to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and all the host of heaven, and he burned them without Jerusalem in the + 23:4 The Gr. is from the Heb. word.fields of Kedron, and + 23:4 Gr. cast.took the ashes of them to Bæthel.

2 Chronicles 29:4And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and put them on the east side,

2 Chronicles 29:27And Ezekias told them to offer up the whole-burnt-offering on the altar: and when they began to offer the whole-burnt-offering, they began to sing to the Lord, and the trumpets accompanied the instruments of David king of Israel.

Nehemiah 5:19Remember me, O God, for good, in all that I have done to this people.

Nehemiah 12:10And Jesus begot Joakim, and Joakim begot Eliasib, and Eliasib begot Jodae,

Nehemiah 13:14Remember me, O God, in this, and let not my kindness be forgotten which I have wrought in regard to the house of the Lord God.

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 13:16-23

The Charge Respecting the Sabbath. ( b. c. 434.) 15 In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. 16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem. 17 Then I… Read the whole commentary →

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