Nehemiah 12:30 KJV — MannaFest

Nehemiah 12:30

And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

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ASV

And the priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

WEB

After the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

YLT

and the priests and the Levites are cleansed, and they cleanse the people, and the gates, and the wall.

DBT

And the priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people, and the gates and the wall.

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Nehemiah — The walls rebuilt in fifty-two days; the covenant renewed; the reforms enacted and then re-enacted when Nehemiah returns to find them slipping. A book about civic and spiritual reconstruction side by side.

Author: Nehemiah (chs. 1–7, 11–13 largely first-person memoir); Ezra-material probably compiled alongside
Date: Events 445–432 BC; final compilation late-5th century BC

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Psalms 147:13
For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.
Nehemiah 13:22
And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.
Job 1:5
And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
Ezra 6:21
And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the Lord God of Israel, did eat,
Exodus 19:10
And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,

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It also contained the temple which was hallowed by the manifestation of His presence, and anew set apart to His service. It was on these accounts that Jerusalem was called "the holy city," and by this public and solemn act of religious observance, after a long period of neglect and desecration, it was, as it were, restored to its rightful proprietor.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

This purification was performed, it is probable, by sprinkling the water of purifying (or of separation, as it is called, Num. xix. 9 ) on themselves and the people, the walls and the gates--a type of the blood of Christ, with which our consciences being purged from dead works, we become fit to serve the living God ( Heb. ix.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Purified themselves - They that would be instrumental to sanctify others, must sanctify themselves, and set themselves apart for God, with purity of mind and sincerity of intention.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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