尼希米記 13:6 CUNPTS

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Nehemiah 13:1-31

Nehemiah 13:1-301On that day [of dedication] they read [it was read] in the book of Moses in the audience [ears] of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; 2because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but [and] hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit [and] our God turned the 3curse into a blessing. Now [And] it came to pass, when they had heard the law,... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Nehemiah 13:1-14

Neglect of Religious Duties Nehemiah 12:44-47 ; Nehemiah 13:1-14 In Nehemiah 12:44-47 we have recorded the care that was manifested for the worthy maintenance of those who ministered in sacred things. As a result there were glad outbursts of minstrelsy and holy joy. Make room in your life for songs and praises, Psalms 33:1 . In the opening of Nehemiah 13:1-31 we see how the Word of God cuts like a two-edged sword against evil. Happy are they who attend to its solemn warnings. The law... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 13:1-31

In this final section we have the account of Nehemiah's last reformation, After building the wall he had evidently gone back to the court of the king. Twelve years later, seeking permission, he returned, and the last deeds recorded were such as reveal the continued strength and loyalty of the man. Four abuses confronted him. Without the slightest hesitation, or any sign of weakness in his method, he set himself to correct them. Eliashib, the priest, had given place, within the very Temple of... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 13:1-14

The Establishment Of The Temple Treasury, And The Chambers To Contain The Heave-offerings, Firstfruits and Tithes That Were Offered To YHWH, Their Restoration, And The Exclusion Of All Who Religiously Defiled Jerusalem (Nehemiah 12:44 to Nehemiah 13:14 ). Equally of importance with the celebrations over the completion of the wall, were the arrangements made to ensure that Jerusalem continued to be the holy city, set apart to YHWH, purified from all that religiously defiled, and fulfilling... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 13:1-31

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

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 13:4-31

Nehemiah 13:4-Obadiah : . Some Details of Nehemiah’ s Rule.— This section, taken for the most part from Nehemiah’ s memoirs, deals with his zeal for the sanctity of the Temple ( Nehemiah 13:4-1 Samuel :), his organisation for the maintenance of the Levites ( Nehemiah 13:10-2 Chronicles :), his reform regarding Sabbath observance ( Nehemiah 13:15-Song of Solomon :), and his measures against those who had contracted marriages with aliens ( Nehemiah 13:23-Joel :). Nehemiah 13:28 f. contains some... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Nehemiah 13:6

All this time was not I at Jerusalem; and Eliashib took the occasion of my absence to do these things, supposing that I would no more return thither. Came I unto the king, to wit, from Jerusalem; where he had been once and again. After certain days, Heb. in the end of days, or of a year, as that word oft signifies. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Nehemiah 13:1-31

EXPLANATORY Notes.] Nehemiah 13:1. On that day] This is to be understood in the same sense as at that time, in chap. Nehemiah 12:44. But no doubt public readings of the law took place frequently during Nehemiah’s administration. Found written] “The part of the law which forbade mingling with the other nations was specially read on the dedication-day. Deuteronomy 23:3 would naturally be read, as also Deuteronomy 7:1-6.… No Moabite or Ammonite family could be admitted to the privileges of Jewry... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 13:1-31

Chapter 13On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of all the people; and therein was found written, that an Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but they hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing. Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude (... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Nehemiah 13:1-31

Nehemiah 13:6-7 . In the thirty second year of Artaxerxes. Having been governor in Jerusalem twelve years, Nehemiah returned to the king, at Babylon; and after a residence of about twelve months at the Persian court, he again came to Jerusalem. See note on Nehemiah 2:6. And what was his mortification, to find Tobiah, the great enemy of the Jews, possessing a princely chamber in the temple. Yea, and Eliashib the highpriest, married to Tobiah’s daughter. Yea, and Eliashib’s son married to... read more