Nehemiah 12:41 ASV

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 12:27-43

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 creature-comforts and enjoyments are made holy. The people greatly rejoiced.... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Nehemiah 12:1-99

Nehemiah 12 THE FIRST 26 verses are occupied with further genealogical records, going back to the days of Zerubbabel and Jeshua the high priest. In verse Neh_12:10 , we learn that a grandson of Jeshua was Eliashib, who presently became high priest, and who had a son named, Joiada. These two are again mentioned in verse Neh_12:22 , and more concerning them appears in Nehemiah 13.0 . In the remaining verses of the chapter, though many names are mentioned, it is not a matter of genealogy but... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Nehemiah 12:27-43

The Walls Dedicated v. 27. And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, at the formal celebration following its completion, they sought the Levites out of all their places, since they were scattered throughout the province, Nehemiah 11:20-Zephaniah :, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps, with psalms of praise accompanied by instruments, as used in the Temple orchestra. v. 28.... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Nehemiah 12:1-47

Nehemiah 12:1-471Now [And] these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra , 2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, 3, 4, 5Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, Miamin, Maadiah, 6Bilgah, Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah, 7Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua. 8Moreover [And] the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 12:1-47

Here the story of the settlement of the people in Jerusalem is completed. This is followed by an account o f the solemn dedication of the wall. It would seem as though it had been postponed for some considerable time. Differences of opinion exist as to the length of time, some placing the dedication in immediate relation to what succeeds, which undoubtedly happened twelve years after Nehemiah's first coming. Others would place it within a few months of the actual completion of the wall. It... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 12:1-47

The Establishment Of Jerusalem As The Holy City, Populated By True Israelites; Its Worship Conducted By Those Specifically and Provably Appointed By God; Accepted from God With Due Gladness And Praise; And Purified By the Removal Of All That Could Be Displeasing To God (Nehemiah 11:1 to Nehemiah 13:31 ). The Book closes with a description of the restoring of Jerusalem as the holy city. This was accomplished by: · Populating Jerusalem the holy city with members of the new true Israel who... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 12:27-43

Purifications And Celebrations At The Dedication Of The Wall (Nehemiah 12:27-43 ). Having established the newly walled Jerusalem as ‘the holy city’ (Nehemiah 11:1), properly inhabited by a people who were fully faithful to YHWH (chapter 11), and having demonstrated the proper succession of a genuine priesthood in accord with the Law of Moses, who would keep the city ‘holy’ (Nehemiah 12:1-26), the writer now describes the purifications and celebrations which took place at the dedication of the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 12:27-47

THE PURIFYING OF THE HOLY CITY (Nehemiah 12:27 to Nehemiah 13:31 ). The prophecies concerning Jerusalem as ‘the holy city’ had in mind the coming eschatalogical age, and its consequent purification (Isaiah 52:1; Daniel 9:24), and there can be little doubt, in view of the hopes expressed in the prophecies of Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi, that this age must have been in mind as Jerusalem was so triumphantly re-established. Thus the writer ends his book with a description of the purification... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 12:31-43

Those Taking Part In The Ceremony Are Divided Into Two Great Companies Who Proceed To Circumnavigate The Wall, One Company Going One Way And The Other Company The Other (Nehemiah 12:31-43 ). Nehemiah now divided the representatives of Judah (i.e. the new Israel) into two great companies who together would give thanks as they circumnavigated the wall, one company going one way and the other the other. We cannot be sure whether they actually walked on top of the wall, or whether they walked... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 12:38-43

The Two Companies Meet And Great Sacrifices Are Offered (Nehemiah 12:38-43 ). The other procession was led by ‘those who gave thanks’ (the singers and musicians) followed by Nehemiah himself, leading the other half of the aristocrats, seven named leading priests and nine named leading Levites, exactly paralleling the first procession. This went northwards from the Valley Gate, following the west wall and then turning along the northern wall, until it reached the Sheep Gate from whence it... read more

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 12:27-43

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Nehemiah 12:1-99

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Nehemiah 12:27-43

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Nehemiah 12:1-47

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 12:1-47

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 12:1-47

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 12:27-43

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 12:27-47

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 12:31-43

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 12:38-43

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