Archive THE BIBLE-Verse by Verse (Nehemiah Chapter 1 to 13)

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Nehemiah 13:10 (NLT)
I also discovered that the Levites had not been given their prescribed portions of food, and the singers who were supposed to conduct the worship services had all returned to work on their fields.
 
Nehemiah 13:13 (NLT)
I assigned supervisors for the storerooms: Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah, one of the Levites. And I appointed Hanan son of Zaccur and grandson of Mattaniah as their assistant. These men had an excellent reputation, and it was their job to make honest distributions to their fellow Levites.
 
Nehemiah 13:14 (NLT) - 14 Remember this good deed, O my God, and do not forget all that I have faithfully done for the Temple of my God and its services.
 
Nehemiah 13:15 (NLT) - 15 In those days I saw men of Judah treading out their winepresses on the Sabbath. They were also bringing in grain, loading it on donkeys, and bringing their wine, grapes, figs, and all sorts of produce to Jerusalem to sell on the Sabbath. So I rebuked them for selling their produce on that day.
 
Nehemiah 13:16 (NLT) - 16 Some men from Tyre, who lived in Jerusalem, were bringing in fish and all kinds of merchandise. They were selling it on the Sabbath to the people of Judah—and in Jerusalem at that!
 
Nehemiah 13:17 (NLT) - 17 So I confronted the nobles of Judah. “Why are you profaning the Sabbath in this evil way?” I asked.
 
Nehemiah 13:18 (NLT) - 18 “Wasn’t it just this sort of thing that your ancestors did that caused our God to bring all this trouble upon us and our city? Now you are bringing even more wrath upon Israel by permitting the Sabbath to be desecrated in this way!”
 
Nehemiah 13:19 (NLT) - 19 Then I commanded that the gates of Jerusalem should be shut as darkness fell every Friday evening,[c] not to be opened until the Sabbath ended. I sent some of my own servants to guard the gates so that no merchandise could be brought in on the Sabbath day.
 
Nehemiah 13:21 (NLT) - 21 But I spoke sharply to them and said, “What are you doing out here, camping around the wall? If you do this again, I will arrest you!” And that was the last time they came on the Sabbath.
 
Nehemiah 13:22 (NLT) - 22 Then I commanded the Levites to purify themselves and to guard the gates in order to preserve the holiness of the Sabbath.Remember this good deed also, O my God! Have compassion on me according to your great and unfailing love.
 
Nehemiah 13:23 (NLT) - 23 About the same time I realized that some of the men of Judah had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
 
Nehemiah 13:24 (NLT) - 24 Furthermore, half their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of some other people and could not speak the language of Judah at all.
 
Nehemiah 13:25 (NLT) - 25 So I confronted them and called down curses on them. I beat some of them and pulled out their hair. I made them swear in the name of God that they would not let their children intermarry with the pagan people of the land.
 
Nehemiah 13:26 (NLT)

26 “Wasn’t this exactly what led King Solomon of Israel into sin?” I demanded. “There was no king from any nation who could compare to him, and God loved him and made him king over all Israel. But even he was led into sin by his foreign wives.
 
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