Nehemiah 13:1-3
1 Upon the reading of the law, separation is made from the mixed multitude.4 Nehemiah, at his return, causes the chambers to be cleansed.10 He reforms the offices in the house of God;15 the violation of the sabbath;23 and the marriages with the strange wives. that day.Some suppose that the events recorded in these verses took place several years after those related in the preceding chapter, while Nehemiah was absent at the Persian court; but the introductory language, on that day, seems rather to imply that they occurred immediately, or at least about that time. they read. Heb. there was read.8:3-8; 9:3; De 31:11,12; 2Ki 23:2; Isa 34:16; Lu 4:16-19; 10:26Ac 13:15; 15:21audience. Heb. ears. the Ammonite.23; De 23:3-5; Isa 15:1-16:14; Jer 48:1-47; Eze 25:1-11; Am 2:1-3Moabite.2:10,19; 4:3; Ps 83:7-9; Jer 49:1-6; Am 1:13-15 Because.Mt 25:40hired Balaam.Nu 22:3-6; Jos 24:9,10our God.Nu 23:8-11,18; 24:5-10; De 23:5; Ps 109:28; Mic 6:5 when they.Ps 19:7-11; 119:9,11; Pr 6:23; Ro 3:20that they.9:2; 10:28; Ezr 10:11; Jas 1:27the mixed.Ex 12:38; Nu 11:4Nehemiah 13:23-28
married. Heb. made to dwell with them.10:30; Ezr 9:2,11,12; 10:10,44; 2Co 6:14Ashdod.1Sa 5:1Ammon.1-3 could not speak. Heb. they discerned not to speak. eachpeople. Heb. people and people. Zep 3:9 I contended.11,17; Pr 28:4cursed. or, reviled.5:13; De 27:14-26; Ps 15:4; Lu 11:45,46smote.De 25:2,3; Ezr 7:26plucked.Isa 50:6made them.10:29,30; De 6:13; 2Ch 15:12-15; Ezr 10:5Ye shall not.Ex 34:16; De 7:3 Did not Solomon.1Ki 11:1-8; Ec 7:26yet among.2Sa 12:24,25; 1Ki 3:13; 2Ch 1:12; 9:22who was beloved.2Sa 12:24 Shall we then.1Sa 30:24to transgress.Ezr 10:2 And one.Josephus relates, that this young man was named Manasseh; and that at his request, Sanballat and the Samaritans built their temple upon mount Gerizim, in opposition to that at Jerusalem, at which he officiated, in some measure, according to the Mosaic ritual. Joiada.12:10,22Eliashib.3:1son in law.4,5; 6:17-19Sanballat.2:19I chased.25; Ps 101:8; Pr 20:8,26; Ro 13:3,4Psalms 83:4-8
Ex 1:10; Es 3:6-9; Pr 1:12; Jer 11:19; 31:36; Da 7:25; Mt 27:62-66Ac 4:17; 9:1,2 For.2:2; Pr 21:30; Isa 7:5-7; 8:9,10; Joh 11:47-53; Ac 23:12,13Re 17:13; 19:19consent. Heb. heart. they are.Jos 10:3-5; 2Sa 10:6-8; Isa 7:2 The tabernacles.Tents are mentioned because it was the custom of these people, particularly the Ishmaelites, to live a migratory or wandering life; encamping sometimes in one place, and sometimes in another, as they found convenience for themselves and cattle; a custom retained by their descendants to the present day. Edom.2Ch 20:1,10,11Hagarenes.Ge 25:12-18; 1Ch 5:10,19,20Hagarites. Gebal.Jos 13:5; Eze 27:9 Assur.Assur is the same in the original as Asshur, or Assyria. Ge 10:11Asshur.Ge 25:3holpen. Heb. been an arm to.Isa 33:2the children.Ge 19:37,38; De 2:9Isaiah 11:14
the Philistines.Ob 1:19; Zep 2:5; Zec 9:5-7toward.59:19; 66:19,20; Mt 8:11spoil.33:1; Jer 49:28; Eze 38:1-39:29them of the east. Heb. the children of the east. they shalllay, etc. Heb. Edom and Moab shall be the laying on of their hand; the children of Ammon their obedience. 25:10; 34:5,6; 60:14; Nu 24:17; Da 11:41; Joe 3:19; Am 9:12; Ob 1:18Zephaniah 2:9
as I.Nu 14:21; Isa 49:18; Jer 46:18; Ro 14:11Surely.Isa 11:14; 15:1-16:14; 25:10; Jer 48:1-49:7; Eze 25:1-26:21Am 1:13-15; 2:1-3as Gomorrah.14; Ge 19:24,25; De 29:23; Isa 13:19,20; 34:9-13; Jer 49:18; 50:40the residue.7; 3:13; Joe 3:19,20; Mic 5:7,8
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