Nehemiah 13:30

Thus I cleansed them from everything foreign, and established the duties of the priests and the Levites, each to his own task.

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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

29Call them to mind, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.

31I provided for the wood offering at the appointed times and for the firstfruits. Call me to mind, my God, for good.

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 23:1When David was old and near the end of his life, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

Nehemiah 10:30We promised that we would not give our daughters to the people of the land 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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