29Remember them, O my God, because they defiled the priestly office and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.


In Context

26 Was it not because of marriages like these that Solomon king of Israel sinned? Among the many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel, but even he was led into sin by foreign women.

27 Must we hear now that you too are doing all this terrible wickedness and are being unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women?"

28 One of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. And I drove him away from me.

29 Remember them, O my God, because they defiled the priestly office and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.

30 So I purified the priests and the Levites of everything foreign, and assigned them duties, each to his own task.

31 I also made provision for contributions of wood at designated times, and for the firstfruits. Remember me with favor, O my God.

Nehemiah 13:29 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:29Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:29Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:29Remember them, O Lord my God, that defile the priesthood, and the law of priests and Levites.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:29Remember them, my God, for they are polluters of the priesthood, and of the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:29Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:29Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:29Remember them, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:29Be mindful of them, O my God, for the redeemed of the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:29Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.