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Nehemiah 13

Neh. 13:29 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Remember
zakar (Hebrew #2142)
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; also (as denominative from 2145) to be male
KJV usage: X burn (incense), X earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, X still, think on, X well.
Pronounce: zaw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
o them, O my God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
, θbecause they have defiled
go'el (Hebrew #1352)
profanation
KJV usage: defile.
Pronounce: go'-el
Origin: from 1351
the priesthood
khunnah (Hebrew #3550)
priesthood
KJV usage: priesthood, priest's office.
Pronounce: keh-hoon-naw'
Origin: from 3547
, and the covenant
briyth (Hebrew #1285)
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
KJV usage: confederacy, (con-)feder(-ate), covenant, league.
Pronounce: ber-eeth'
Origin: from 1262 (in the sense of cutting (like 1254))
p of the priesthood
khunnah (Hebrew #3550)
priesthood
KJV usage: priesthood, priest's office.
Pronounce: keh-hoon-naw'
Origin: from 3547
, and of the Levites
Leviyiy (Hebrew #3881)
patronymically from 3878; a Levite or descendant of Levi
KJV usage: Leviite.
Pronounce: lay-vee-ee'
Origin: or Leviy {lay-vee'}
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Neh. 6:14• 14My God, remember Tobijah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets who would have put me in fear. (Neh. 6:14)
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for the defilings.
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Mal. 2:4,10• 4And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.
 10Have we not all one father? Hath not one *God created us? Why do we deal unfaithfully every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? (Mal. 2:4,10)

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Covenant,
God,
Levites,
Priest; Priesthood

Cross References

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Remember.
Neh. 6:14• 14My God, remember Tobijah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets who would have put me in fear. (Neh. 6:14)
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Psa. 59:5‑13• 5Yea, do thou, Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel, arise to visit all the nations: be not gracious to any plotters of iniquity. Selah.
 6They return in the evening; they howl like a dog, and go round about the city:
 7Behold, they belch out with their mouth; swords are in their lips: for who say they doth hear?
 8But thou, Jehovah, wilt laugh at them; thou wilt have all the nations in derision.
 9Their strength! … I will take heed to thee; for God is my high fortress.
 10God, whose loving-kindness will come to meet me,--God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
 11Slay them not, lest my people forget; by thy power make them wander, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.
 12Because of the sin of their mouth, the word of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride; and because of cursing and lying which they speak.
 13Make an end in wrath, make an end, that they may be no more; that they may know that God ruleth in Jacob, unto the ends of the earth. Selah. (Psa. 59:5‑13)
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2 Tim. 4:14• 14Alexander the smith did many evil things against me. The Lord will render to him according to his works. (2 Tim. 4:14)
because they have defiled.
Heb. for the defilings of.
Lev. 21:1‑7• 1And Jehovah said to Moses, Speak unto the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none make himself unclean for a dead person among his peoples,
 2except for his immediate relation, who is near unto him--for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother;
 3and for his sister, a virgin, that is near unto him, who hath had no husband, for her may he make himself unclean.
 4He shall not make himself unclean who is a chief among his peoples, to profane himself.
 5They shall not make any baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corners of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
 6They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God; for they present Jehovah's offerings by fire, the bread of their God; therefore shall they be holy.
 7They shall not take as wife a whore, or a dishonoured woman; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband; for he is holy unto his God. (Lev. 21:1‑7)
the covenant.
Num. 16:9‑10• 9Is it too little for you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the assembly of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the work of the tabernacle of Jehovah, and to stand before the assembly to minister to them?
 10--that he has brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee; and seek ye now the priesthood also? (Num. 16:9‑10)
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Num. 25:12‑13• 12Therefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace!
 13And he shall have it, and his seed after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel. (Num. 25:12‑13)
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1 Sam. 2:30• 30Wherefore Jehovah the God of Israel saith, I said indeed, Thy house and the house of thy father should walk before me for ever. But now Jehovah saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. (1 Sam. 2:30)
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Mal. 2:4‑8,10‑12• 4And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.
 5My covenant with him was of life and peace, and I gave them to him that he might fear; and he feared me, and trembled before my name.
 6The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.
 7For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and at his mouth they seek the law; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of hosts.
 8But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.
 10Have we not all one father? Hath not one *God created us? Why do we deal unfaithfully every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
 11Judah hath dealt unfaithfully, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the sanctuary of Jehovah which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange *god.
 12Jehovah will cut off from the tents of Jacob the man that doeth this, him that calleth and him that answereth; and him that offereth an oblation unto Jehovah of hosts. (Mal. 2:4‑8,10‑12)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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!