Nehemiah 13:29
Call them to mind, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
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Leviticus 21:1Yahweh said to Moses: “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, 'No one among you shall make himself unclean for those who die among his people,
Leviticus 21:15so he will not defile his children among his people, for I am Yahweh, who makes him holy.'”
Numbers 16:9is it a small thing for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the community of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do work in Yahweh's tabernacle, and to stand before the community to serve them?
1 Samuel 2:30For Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, 'I promised that your house, and the house of your ancestor, should walk before me forever.' But now Yahweh says, 'Far be it from me to do this, for I will honor those who honor me, but those who despise me will be lightly esteemed.
Psalms 59:5You, Yahweh God of hosts, the God of Israel, 1 arise and punish all the nations; 1 do not be merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah 1
Malachi 2:4You will know that I have sent this command to you, and that my covenant may continue to be with Levi,” says Yahweh of hosts.
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 →