Nehemiah 12:30

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

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WEBBE

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

BSB

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

KJV

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

ASV

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

BBE

And the priests and the Levites made themselves clean; and they made the people clean, and the doorways and the wall.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 27–43

All our cities, all our houses, must have holiness to the Lord written upon them. The believer should undertake nothing which he does not dedicate to the Lord. We are concerned to cleanse our hands, and purify our hearts, when any work for God is to pass through them. Those that would be employed to sanctify others, must sanctify themselves, and set themselves apart for God. To those who are sanctified, all their creature-comforts and enjoyments are made holy. The people greatly rejoiced. All that share in public mercies, ought to join in public thanksgivings.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.