The Meaning of Nehemiah 13:31 Explained

Nehemiah 13:31

KJV: And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.

YLT: and for the wood-offering at appointed times, and for first-fruits. Be mindful of me, O my God, for good.

Darby: and for the wood-offering, at times appointed, and for the first-fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good!

ASV: and for the wood-offering, at times appointed, and for the first-fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And for the wood  offering,  at times  appointed,  and for the firstfruits.  Remember  me, O my God,  for good. 

What does Nehemiah 13:31 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 13:31 mean?

and [to bringing] offering the wood at times appointed and the firstfruits Remember me my God for good
וּלְקֻרְבַּ֧ן הָעֵצִ֛ים בְּעִתִּ֥ים מְזֻמָּנ֖וֹת וְלַבִּכּוּרִ֑ים זָכְרָה־ לִּ֥י אֱלֹהַ֖י לְטוֹבָֽה

וּלְקֻרְבַּ֧ן  and  [to  bringing]  offering 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: קָרְבָּן 
Sense: offering, oblation.
הָעֵצִ֛ים  the  wood 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: עֵץ  
Sense: tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows.
בְּעִתִּ֥ים  at  times 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, common plural
Root: עֵת  
Sense: time.
מְזֻמָּנ֖וֹת  appointed 
Parse: Verb, Pual, Participle, feminine plural
Root: זָמַן  
Sense: to appoint a time, be fixed, be appointed.
וְלַבִּכּוּרִ֑ים  and  the  firstfruits 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: בִּכּוּרִים  
Sense: first-fruits.
זָכְרָה־  Remember 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: זָכַר 
Sense: to remember, recall, call to mind.
לִּ֥י  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
אֱלֹהַ֖י  my  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
לְטוֹבָֽה  for  good 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular
Root: טָבַב 
Sense: good, pleasant, agreeable.