Nehemiah 13:30

Thus I purified the priests and Levites from everything foreign, and I assigned specific duties to each of the priests and Levites.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

31I also arranged for contributions of wood at the appointed times, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, with favor.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 23:1When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.

Nehemiah 10:30We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, and we will not 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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