VERSE STUDY • KJV

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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Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;

Thus I purified the priests and Levites from everything foreign, and I assigned specific duties to each of the priests and Levites.

Thus I cleansed them from all foreigners, and appointed duties for the priests and for the Levites, everyone in his work;

Thus cleansed I them from all foreigners, and appointed charges for the priests and for the Levites, every one in his work;

And I have cleansed them from every stranger, and appoint charges to priests and to Levites, each in his work,

27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?

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.

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

30 Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;

31 And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.

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HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION

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