Nehemiah 13 · Verse 29

Nehemiah 13:29

Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
Nehemiah 13:29, King James Version

Nehemiah 13:29 in other translations

BSBRemember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
WEBRemember them, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
ASVRemember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
YLTBe mindful of them, O my God, for the redeemed of the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
DARBYRemember them, my God, for they are polluters of the priesthood, and of the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites!
BBEKeep them in mind, O my God, because they have put shame on the priests' name and on the agreement of the priests and the Levites.
WebsterRemember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.

What does Nehemiah 13:29 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 29 Because they have defiled the priesthood - God, therefore, will remember their iniquities against them, and punish them for their transgressions. These words of Nehemiah are to be understood declaratively.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Nehemiah 13:23-31

If either parent be ungodly, corrupt nature will incline the children to take after that one; which is a strong reason why Christians should not be unequally yoked. In the education of children, great care should be taken about the government of their tongues; that they learn not the language of Ashdod, no impious or impure talk, no corrupt communication. Nehemiah showed the evil of these marriages. Some, more…

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Nehemiah 13:29 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

זָכְרָ֥הza.khe.Rahremember !H2142
לָהֶ֖םla.Hemto them
אֱלֹהָ֑י'e.lo.HaiO God myH430
עַ֚ל'alonH5921
גָּאֳלֵ֣יgo.'o.Lei[the] defilement<s> ofH1352
הַכְּהֻנָּ֔הha.ke.hu.Nahthe priesthoodH3550
וּבְרִ֥יתu.ve.Ritand [the] covenant ofH1285
הַכְּהֻנָּ֖הha.ke.hu.Nahthe priesthoodH3550
וְהַלְוִיִּֽם\׃ve.hal.vi.Yimand the LevitesH3881

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Nehemiah 13:29

  • Nehemiah 6:14

    My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.

  • Numbers 16:9-10

    Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them? And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?

  • Malachi 2:4-8

    And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the Lord of hosts. My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name. The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity. For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts. …

  • Numbers 25:12-13

    Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace: And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.

  • Leviticus 21:1-7

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people: But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother, And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled. But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself. …

  • Malachi 2:10-12

    Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the Lord which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god. The Lord will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the Lord of hosts.

  • 2 Timothy 4:14

    Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:

  • Psalms 59:5-13

    Thou therefore, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah. They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear? But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision. …

  • 1 Samuel 2:30

    Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Remember.
6:14; Ps 59:5-13; 2Ti 4:14
because they have defiled. Heb. for the defilings of.
Le 21:1-7
the covenant.
Nu 16:9,10; 25:12,13; 1Sa 2:30; Mal 2:4-8,10-12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Nehemiah 13:28

    And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.

  • Nehemiah 13:29

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

  • 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;

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Nehemiah 13:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Acuérdate de ellos, Dios mío, contra los que contaminan el sacerdocio, y el pacto del sacerdocio y de los Levitas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Souviens-toi d’eux, ô mon Dieu, car ce sont des profanateurs de la sacrificature, et de l’alliance de la sacrificature et des lévites.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Gedenke es ihnen, mein Gott, wegen der Verunreinigungen des Priestertums und des Bundes des Priestertums und der Leviten!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Recordare, Domine Deus meus, adversum eos qui polluunt sacerdotium, jusque sacerdotale et Leviticum.