Nehemiah 13:22
Then I told the Levites to purify themselves and to come and guard the gates to keep the Sabbath day holy. My God, please also remember me for doing this, and be merciful to me because of your trustworthy love.
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23Around the same time I realized some Jews had married women from Ashdod, Moab, and Ammon.
Cross References
2 Kings 23:4Then the king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the priests of second rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the Lord's Temple everything made for Baal, Asherah, and the worship of sun, moon, and stars. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the Kidron fields and took their ashes to Bethel.
2 Chronicles 29:4He summoned the priests and the Levites, and had them gather on the square to the east.
2 Chronicles 29:27Then Hezekiah gave the order for the burnt offering to be offered on the altar. As the burnt offering began, the song of the Lord began at the same time, the trumpets sounded, and music was played on the instruments of David, once king of Israel.
Nehemiah 5:19Please remember me positively, my God, for all that I've done for this people.
Nehemiah 12:10Jeshua the high priest was the father of Joiakim, who was the father of Eliashib, who was the father of Joiada,
Nehemiah 13:14My God, please remember me over this. Please don't forget my good deeds I have done for the Temple of my God and its services.
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 →