Nehemiah Chapter 13 verse 29 Holy Bible
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
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Keep 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.
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Remember them, my God, for they are polluters of the priesthood, and of the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites!
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Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
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Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
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Remember them, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
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Be mindful of them, O my God, for the redeemed of the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 29. - They have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites. We look in vain for any distinct "covenant" which the priestly order broke by allying itself with the heathen, or indeed for any special law forbidding the priests to take heathen wives, which was not equally binding upon laymen. But Nehemiah feels that every sin is worse in a priest than in one who is not a priest; that a priest who contracts a pollution "pollutes the priesthood;" and that there is a tacit covenant by which priests and Levites bind themselves to holiness of life more absolutely and definitely than others.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(29) Remember them.--This priestly violation of law is committed to God alone for punishment.And of the Levites.--God chose the tribe of Levi for Himself, specially the house of Aaron, and every priest was to be "holy to the Lord" (Leviticus 21:6; Leviticus 21:8). This was "the covenant of the priesthood;" though there may be an undertone of reference to the great covenant in Nehemiah 10.