27 Shall we then obey unto you, to do all this great evil, and to transgress against our God, even to marry strange wives?

28 And one of the sons of Joiada the son of Eliashib the high Priest was the son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite: but I chased him from me.

29 Remember them, O my God, that [a]defile the Priesthood, and the covenant of the Priesthood, and of the Levites.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 13:29 Punish them according to their fault and evil example, which they have given to the rest of thy people contrary to their vocation.

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

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

29 Remember(D) them, my God, because they defiled the priestly office and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.(E)

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