Nehemiah 13:22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

I commanded

Cleanse

Nehemiah 12:10

Sanctify

Deuteronomy 5:12

Spare me

Greatness

Psalm 5:7

Isaiah 55:7

Bible References

I commanded

These sought their genealogical register, but it was not found; therefore were they, as polluted, removed from the priesthood.

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

And the king commanded Hilkijah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, to bring forth out of the temple of Jehovah all the vessels that had been made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of the heavens; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them to Bethel.

and he said to them, Ye are the chief fathers of the Levites; hallow yourselves, ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of Jehovah the God of Israel to the place that I have prepared for it.

And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them into the open place eastward;

And kings shall be thy nursing-fathers, and their princesses thy nursing-mothers: they shall bow down to thee with the face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet. And thou shalt know that I am Jehovah; for they shall not be ashamed who wait on me.

Cleanse

And Jeshua begot Joiakim, and Joiakim begot Eliashib, and Eliashib begot Joiada,

Sanctify

Keep the sabbath day to hallow it, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee.

Spare me

Remember, Jehovah, thy tender mercies and thy loving-kindnesses; for they are from everlasting.

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.} Be gracious unto me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness; according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.

If thou, Jah, shouldest mark iniquities, Lord, who shall stand?

{A Psalm of David.} Jehovah, hear my prayer; give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, in thy righteousness.

Greatness

But as for me, in the greatness of thy loving-kindness will I enter thy house; I will bow down toward the temple of thy holiness in thy fear.

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.