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 record among those enrolled in the genealogy, but it was not found there, so they were excluded as unclean from the priesthood.

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

Then the {king} commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the second priests, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring out of the temple of Yahweh all of the objects made for Baal and for the Asherah and for all the host of heaven, and he burned them outside of Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and then he carried their ashes to Bethel

And he said to them, "You [are] the heads of the {families} for the Levites. Sanctify yourselves and your brothers and bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel, to [the place] I have established for it.

And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and he gathered them into the eastern square.

And kings shall be your {guardians}, and their queens your nurses. They shall bow down, {faces} [to the] ground, to you, and they will lick up the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I [am] Yahweh; those who await me shall not be ashamed.

Cleanse

Jeshua fathered Jehoiakim; Jehoiakim fathered Eliashib; Eliashib [fathered] Jehoiada;

Sanctify

'Observe the {Sabbath day} to make it holy, [just] as Yahweh your God has commanded you.

Spare me

Remember your compassion, O Yahweh, and your acts of loyal love, because they [are] from of old.

Be gracious to me, O God, according to your loyal love. According to your abundant mercies, blot out my transgressions.

If you, O Yah, should {keep track of} iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?

O Yahweh, hear my prayer; listen to my supplications. In your faithfulness answer me, [and] in your righteousness.

Greatness

{But as for me}, through the abundance of your steadfast love I will enter your house. I will bow down toward {your holy temple} in awe [of] you.

Let [the] wicked forsake his way, and [the] man of sin his thoughts. And let him return to Yahweh, that he may take pity on him, and to our God, for he will {forgive manifold}.