Nehemiah 12:30
And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
Nehemiah 12:30 in other translations
| BSB | After the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall. |
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| WEB | The priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, the gates, and the wall. |
| ASV | And the priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall. |
| YLT | and the priests and the Levites are cleansed, and they cleanse the people, and the gates, and the wall. |
| DARBY | And the priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, and the gates and the wall. |
| BBE | And the priests and the Levites made themselves clean; and they made the people clean, and the doorways and the wall. |
| Webster | And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall. |
What does Nehemiah 12:30 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 12:27-43
27-43. at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem--This ceremony of consecrating the wall and gates of the city was an act of piety on the part of Nehemiah, not merely to thank God in a general way for having been enabled to bring the building to a happy completion, but especially because that city was the place which He had chosen. It also contained the temple which was hallowed by the manifestation of His…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Nehemiah 12:27-43
All our cities, all our houses, must have holiness to the Lord written upon them. The believer should undertake nothing which he does not dedicate to the Lord. We are concerned to cleanse our hands, and purify our hearts, when any work for God is to pass through them. Those that would be employed to sanctify others, must sanctify themselves, and set themselves apart for God. To those who are sanctified, all their…
Nehemiah 12:30 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Nehemiah 12:30
- Exodus 19:10
And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
- Job 1:5
And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
- Ezra 6:21
And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the Lord God of Israel, did eat,
- 2 Chronicles 29:5
And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place.
- Exodus 19:15
And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
- Numbers 19:2-20
This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke: And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face: And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times: And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn: …
- Hebrews 5:1
For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
- Hebrews 5:3
And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
- 2 Chronicles 29:34
But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
- Genesis 35:2
Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
- Nehemiah 13:30
Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;
- Nehemiah 13:22
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.
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Context
- Nehemiah 12:29
Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.
- Nehemiah 12:30
And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
- Nehemiah 12:31
Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:
Nehemiah 12:30 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y se purificaron los sacerdotes y los Levitas; y purificaron al pueblo, y las puertas, y el muro. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les sacrificateurs et les lévites se purifièrent, et ils purifièrent le peuple, et les portes, et la muraille. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Priester und die Leviten reinigten sich; und sie reinigten das Volk und die Tore und die Mauer. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et mundati sunt sacerdotes et Levitæ, et mundaverunt populum, et portas, et murum. |