THEOSISNehemiah 13:22Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
I spoke also to the Levites that they should be purified, and should come to keep the gates, and to sanctify the sabbath day: for this also remember me, O my God, and spare me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
וָאֹמְרָ֣ה לַלְוִיִּ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִֽהְי֤וּ מִֽטַּהֲרִים֙ וּבָאִים֙ שֹׁמְרִ֣ים הַשְּׁעָרִ֔ים לְקַדֵּ֖שׁ אֶת־י֣וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֑ת גַּם־זֹאת֙ זָכְרָה־לִּ֣י אֱלֹהַ֔י וְח֥וּסָה עָלַ֖י כְּרֹ֥ב חַסְדֶּֽךָ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Neh 12:30And the priests and the Levites were purified, and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
- Neh 13:14Remember me, O my God, for this thing, and wipe not out my kindnesses, which I have done relating to the house of my God and his ceremonies.
- Neh 13:31And for the offering of wood at times appointed, and for the firstfruits: remember me, O my God, unto good. Amen.
- Ps 130 (129):7
- Isa 38:3And said: I beseech thee, O Lord, remember how I have walked before thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Ezechias wept with great weeping.
- Ps 51 (50):1
- Deut 5:12Observe the day of the sabbath, to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee.
- Ps 5:7Thou hatest all the workers of iniquity: thou wilt destroy all that speak a lie. The bloody and the deceitful man the Lord will abhor.