Neh 13:1 | Clarke | e4.org | CHAPTER XIII The law is read, which commands that the Ammonite and Moabite should be separated from the congregation, on which they separate all the mixed multitude , 1-3. Eliashib the high priest having not only joined opinion with Sanballat, but being also allied to Tobiah the Ammonite, and having given him some of the chambers in the court of the house of God , 4, 5; Nehemiah casts out the goods of Tobiah, and purifies the chambers , 6-9. He rectifies several evils; and the people bring the tithes of all things to the treasuries , 10-12. He appoints treasurers , 13, 14; finds that the Sabbaths had been greatly profaned by buying and selling, and rectifies this abuse , 15-22; finds Jews that had married strange wives; against whom he testifies, and expels one of the priests who had married the daughter of Sanballat the Horonite , 23-29. He cleanses them from all strangers, makes a final regulation, and prays for God's mercy to himself , 30, 31. NOTES ON CHAP. XIII Verse 1. On that day ] I am quite of Calmet's mind that the transaction detailed in this chapter did not immediately succeed the dedication of the walls of Jerusalem. It is most likely that, when this dedication was ended, Nehemiah returned to Babylon, as himself particularly marks, , for he did return in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes; and then, after certain days, supposed to be about the term of one year, he got leave to return to Jerusalem to see how matters were conducted: and there he found the evils which he mentions in this chapter, and which he redressed in the manner himself describes. See the introduction to this book. Should not come into the congregation ] That is, Ye shall not form any kind of matrimonial alliance with them. This, and this alone, is the meaning of the law .

‏ Nehemiah 13:1

CHAPTER XIII

The law is read, which commands that the Ammonite and Moabite should be separated from the congregation, on which they separate all the mixed multitude, 1-3.

Eliashib the high priest having not only joined opinion with Sanballat, but being also allied to Tobiah the Ammonite, and having given him some of the chambers in the court of the house of God, 4, 5;

Nehemiah casts out the goods of Tobiah, and purifies the chambers, 6-9.

He rectifies several evils; and the people bring the tithes of all things to the treasuries, 10-12.

He appoints treasurers, 13, 14;

finds that the Sabbaths had been greatly profaned by buying and selling, and rectifies this abuse, 15-22;

finds Jews that had married strange wives; against whom he testifies, and expels one of the priests who had married the daughter of Sanballat the Horonite, 23-29.

He cleanses them from all strangers, makes a final regulation, and prays for God's mercy to himself, 30, 31.

NOTES ON CHAP. XIII

Verse 1. On that day] I am quite of Calmet's mind that the transaction detailed in this chapter did not immediately succeed the dedication of the walls of Jerusalem. It is most likely that, when this dedication was ended, Nehemiah returned to Babylon, as himself particularly marks, Ne 13:6, for he did return in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes; and then, after certain days, supposed to be about the term of one year, he got leave to return to Jerusalem to see how matters were conducted: and there he found the evils which he mentions in this chapter, and which he redressed in the manner himself describes. See the introduction to this book.

Should not come into the congregation] That is, Ye shall not form any kind of matrimonial alliance with them. This, and this alone, is the meaning of the law.