The Meaning of Nehemiah 13:30 Explained

Nehemiah 13:30

KJV: Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;

YLT: And I have cleansed them from every stranger, and appoint charges to priests and to Levites, each in his work,

Darby: And I purified them from all foreigners, and appointed the charges of the priests and the Levites, every one in his service;

ASV: Thus cleansed I them from all foreigners, and appointed charges for the priests and for the Levites, every one in his work;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thus cleansed  I them from all strangers,  and appointed  the wards  of the priests  and the Levites,  every one  in his business; 

What does Nehemiah 13:30 Mean?

Context Summary

Nehemiah 13:15-31 - A Disobedient And Gainsaying People
Let us remember to keep perpetual Sabbath in the heart, whatever be our outward life. In this life there is a Sabbath rest for the people of God, Hebrews 4:9, but we must labor to enter into it, and must set God's angel of peace to keep the door against all intruders, Philippians 4:7. Twenty years before, Ezra had dismissed the strange wives, but the evil had risen again. Alas, how sadly do children expose the inconsistencies of their parents, and betray the evil of unequal marriages! We see plenty of this around us; and where there is such a union, the balance is almost certain to turn in favor of the world and against vital godliness, Deuteronomy 7:4; 2 Corinthians 6:14. Nehemiah did not hesitate to add strong acts to strong words. Josephus says that this expelled priest was Manasseh, and that he went to his father-in-law, Sanballat, who built for him a temple on Mount Gerizim like that at Jerusalem, and that this was the origin of the religious rivalry and hatred between Samaritans and Jews, John 4:20. The faithful servant and the dying thief join in the same petition, Nehemiah 13:31. To be remembered by Jesus Christ is enough reward for any of us [source]

Chapter Summary: Nehemiah 13

1  Upon the reading of the law, separation is made from the mixed multitude
4  Nehemiah, at his return, causes the chambers to be cleansed
10  He reforms the offices in the house of God;
15  the violation of the Sabbath;
23  and the marriages with the strange wives

What do the individual words in Nehemiah 13:30 mean?

Thus I cleansed them of everything pagan and I assigned duties to the priests and the Levites each to his service
וְטִֽהַרְתִּ֖ים מִכָּל־ נֵכָ֑ר וָאַעֲמִ֧ידָה מִשְׁמָר֛וֹת לַכֹּהֲנִ֥ים וְלַלְוִיִּ֖ם אִ֥ישׁ בִּמְלַאכְתּֽוֹ

וְטִֽהַרְתִּ֖ים  Thus  I  cleansed  them 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular, third person masculine plural
Root: טָהֵר  
Sense: to be clean, be pure.
מִכָּל־  of  everything 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
נֵכָ֑ר  pagan 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: נֵכָר  
Sense: foreign, alien, foreignness, that which is foreign.
וָאַעֲמִ֧ידָה  and  I  assigned 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, first person common singular, third person feminine singular
Root: עָמַד  
Sense: to stand, remain, endure, take one’s stand.
מִשְׁמָר֛וֹת  duties 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: מִשְׁמֶרֶת  
Sense: guard, charge, function, obligation, service, watch.
לַכֹּהֲנִ֥ים  to  the  priests 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: כֹּהֵן  
Sense: priest, principal officer or chief ruler.
וְלַלְוִיִּ֖ם  and  the  Levites 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine plural
Root: לֵוִי  
Sense: the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah.
אִ֥ישׁ  each 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
בִּמְלַאכְתּֽוֹ  to  his  service 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מְלָאכָה  
Sense: occupation, work, business.

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