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the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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Nehemiah 13:29
Remember them, O my God, how they defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priests and Levites.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Remember them, my God, for defiling the priesthood as well as the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
Remember them, my God, for defiling the priesthood as well as the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
Hebrew Names Version
Remember them, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
Remember them, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
King James Version
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
English Standard Version
Remember them, O my God, because they have desecrated the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
Remember them, O my God, because they have desecrated the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
New Century Version
Remember them, my God, because they made the priesthood unclean and the agreement of the priests and Levites unclean.
Remember them, my God, because they made the priesthood unclean and the agreement of the priests and Levites unclean.
New English Translation
Please remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, the covenant of the priesthood, and the Levites.
Please remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, the covenant of the priesthood, and the Levites.
Amplified Bible
O my God, remember them, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
O my God, remember them, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
New American Standard Bible
Remember them, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
Remember them, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
World English Bible
Remember them, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
Remember them, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Remember them, O my God, that defile the Priesthoode, and the couenant of the Priesthoode, and of the Leuites.
Remember them, O my God, that defile the Priesthoode, and the couenant of the Priesthoode, and of the Leuites.
Legacy Standard Bible
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
Berean Standard Bible
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
Contemporary English Version
I pray that God will punish them for breaking their priestly vows and disgracing the Levi tribe.
I pray that God will punish them for breaking their priestly vows and disgracing the Levi tribe.
Complete Jewish Bible
My God, remember them; because they have defiled the office of cohen and the covenant of the cohanim and L'vi'im.
My God, remember them; because they have defiled the office of cohen and the covenant of the cohanim and L'vi'im.
Darby Translation
Remember them, my God, for they are polluters of the priesthood, and of the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites!
Remember them, my God, for they are polluters of the priesthood, and of the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites!
Easy-to-Read Version
My God, punish these people. They made the priesthood unclean. They treated it as if it was not important. They did not obey the agreement that you made with the priests and Levites.
My God, punish these people. They made the priesthood unclean. They treated it as if it was not important. They did not obey the agreement that you made with the priests and Levites.
George Lamsa Translation
Remember me, O my God, concerning the rest of the priesthood and concerning the rest of the priests and the Levites;
Remember me, O my God, concerning the rest of the priesthood and concerning the rest of the priests and the Levites;
Good News Translation
Remember, God, how those people defiled both the office of priest and the covenant you made with the priests and the Levites.
Remember, God, how those people defiled both the office of priest and the covenant you made with the priests and the Levites.
Lexham English Bible
Remember them, my God, because of their defilements of the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
Remember them, my God, because of their defilements of the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
Literal Translation
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
O my God, thynke thou vpon them that are quyte of the presthode, and haue desyled the couenaunt of the presthode and of the Leuites.
O my God, thynke thou vpon them that are quyte of the presthode, and haue desyled the couenaunt of the presthode and of the Leuites.
American Standard Version
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
Bible in Basic English
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.
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
O my God, thinke thou vpon them that defile the presthod, and the couenaunt of the presthod and of the Leuites.
O my God, thinke thou vpon them that defile the presthod, and the couenaunt of the presthod and of the Leuites.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
King James Version (1611)
Remember them, O my God, because they haue defiled the Priesthood, and the couenant of the Priesthood, and of the Leuites.
Remember them, O my God, because they haue defiled the Priesthood, and the couenant of the Priesthood, and of the Leuites.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Remember them, O God, for their false connection with the priesthood, and the breaking the covenant of the priesthood, and for defiling the Levites.
Remember them, O God, for their false connection with the priesthood, and the breaking the covenant of the priesthood, and for defiling the Levites.
English Revised Version
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
My Lord God, haue mynde ayens hem, that defoulen presthod, and the riyt of prestis and of dekenes. Therfor I clenside hem fro alle aliens, and I ordeynede ordris of prestis and of dekenes,
My Lord God, haue mynde ayens hem, that defoulen presthod, and the riyt of prestis and of dekenes. Therfor I clenside hem fro alle aliens, and I ordeynede ordris of prestis and of dekenes,
Update Bible Version
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
Webster's Bible Translation
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
New King James Version
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
New Living Translation
Remember them, O my God, for they have defiled the priesthood and the solemn vows of the priests and Levites.
Remember them, O my God, for they have defiled the priesthood and the solemn vows of the priests and Levites.
New Life Bible
Remember them, O my God, because they have brought sin to the religious leaders and to the agreement of the religious leaders and the Levites.
Remember them, O my God, because they have brought sin to the religious leaders and to the agreement of the religious leaders and the Levites.
New Revised Standard
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, the covenant of the priests and the Levites.
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, the covenant of the priests and the Levites.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Remember them, O my God, - on account of the Defilings of the Priesthood, and the Covenant of the Priesthood, and of the Levites.
Remember them, O my God, - on account of the Defilings of the Priesthood, and the Covenant of the Priesthood, and of the Levites.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Remember them, O Lord my God, that defile the priesthood, and the law of priests and Levites.
Remember them, O Lord my God, that defile the priesthood, and the law of priests and Levites.
Revised Standard Version
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
Young's Literal Translation
Be mindful of them, O my God, for the redeemed of the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
Be mindful of them, O my God, for the redeemed of the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
Contextual Overview
23Also in those days I saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. Half the children couldn't even speak the language of Judah; all they knew was the language of Ashdod or some other tongue. So I took those men to task, gave them a piece of my mind, even slapped some of them and jerked them by the hair. I made them swear to God: "Don't marry your daughters to their sons; and don't let their daughters marry your sons—and don't you yourselves marry them! Didn't Solomon the king of Israel sin because of women just like these? Even though there was no king quite like him, and God loved him and made him king over all Israel, foreign women were his downfall. Do you call this obedience—engaging in this extensive evil, showing yourselves faithless to God by marrying foreign wives?" 28 One of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was a son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite; I drove him out of my presence. 29 Remember them, O my God, how they defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priests and Levites. 30All in all I cleansed them from everything foreign. I organized the orders of service for the priests and Levites so that each man knew his job. I arranged for a regular supply of altar wood at the appointed times and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Remember: Nehemiah 6:14, Psalms 59:5-13, 2 Timothy 4:14
because they have defiled: Heb. for the defilings of, Leviticus 21:1-7
the covenant: Numbers 16:9, Numbers 16:10, Numbers 25:12, Numbers 25:13, 1 Samuel 2:30, Malachi 2:4-8, Malachi 2:10-12
Reciprocal: Genesis 8:1 - God remembered Nehemiah 7:64 - as polluted Malachi 2:8 - ye have corrupted Malachi 2:12 - the master and the scholar Romans 9:4 - covenants
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Remember them, O my God,.... The priests, and punish them: because they have defiled the priesthood; by marrying strange wives, and rendering themselves unfit to officiate in it:
and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites; made with Levi, Aaron, and Phinehas, see Numbers 24:11, of the corruption of which, complaint is made, Malachi 2:4.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 29. Because they have defiled the priesthood — God, therefore, will remember their iniquities against them, and punish them for their transgressions. These words of Nehemiah are to be understood declaratively.
