13. I made treasurers Thus re-establishing what he had himself done once before. Nehemiah 12:44. Shelemiah… Zadok Probably the same mentioned in Nehemiah 3:29-30. They were probably aged men of unsullied character, and, therefore, counted faithful, and fit to be trusted with this responsible work. read more
14. Remember me Comp. Nehemiah 5:19, note. Wipe not out Nehemiah conceives of his work as recorded in a book, and prays that it may not be erased, nor blotted out and forgotten. Having been wrought and registered, he desired that it might stand. “He does not say, Publish to the world my good deeds, but, Wipe them not out; he does not say, Reward me, but, Remember me the prayer of the penitent on the cross.” Wordsworth. Good deeds Hebrew, kindnesses; that is, pious acts, springing... read more
SABBATH DESECRATION STOPPED, Nehemiah 13:15-22. 15. Treading winepresses The press consisted of two vats, one situated higher than the other. The grapes were trodden in the higher vat, from which the expressed juice ran into the lower one. Dr. Robinson found an ancient winepress a few miles east of Antipatris. It had been dug in a ledge of rock, the upper vat being eight feet square and fifteen inches deep, and the lower four feet square by three feet deep. The treading of the wine-press ... read more
16. There dwelt men of Tyre These Tyrians are not to be understood as having permanent abodes in Jerusalem, but dwelling only temporarily there in order to carry on the traffic here mentioned. read more
18. Did not your fathers thus The prophet Jeremiah had occasion to rebuke his people for this same evil. “Thus saith the Lord; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers. But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor... read more
20. Lodged without Jerusalem This enabled them to carry on their impious traffic to some extent without the gates, and, as Keil observes, “because egress from the city could not be refused to the inhabitants, the rest of the Sabbath was broken outside the gates.” read more
21. I will lay hands on you Proceed to violent measures, and arrest and treat you as criminals. read more
22. The Levites… should cleanse themselves By certain ceremonies, as in Nehemiah 12:30. Come and keep the gates Literally, coming keeping the gates. The meaning is, that in addition to the ordinary gate keepers, certain Levites were detailed to see that the gates of the city were properly guarded during the Sabbath. A reason for this may have been the moral influence which the sacred character of the Levites would be supposed to exert. To sanctify the sabbath day That is, to secure... read more
FOREIGN MARRIAGES DISSOLVED, Nehemiah 13:23-31. “The sin of mixed marriages was one of the crying sins of the Jews at this time. The greatness of the sin arose from the fact that it tended to defeat one of the purposes of the Mosaic economy. God isolated the Jews from all other nations that they might be a nursery for the great ideas of religion that were to be elaborated in the history of the world, and a stock from which he would bring forth the Messiah. All mingling with other nations, who... read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 13:12
12. Then brought all Judah the tithe No doubt the words of the prophet Malachi, (Malachi 3:10,) as well as those of the governor, were instrumental in bringing about this result. The prophet charged them with robbing God, but at the same time reminded them of Jehovah’s long-suffering and mercy: “Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out... read more