Nehemiah 13:29

Nehemiah Old Testament

WEB

Remember them, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

KJV

Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

Commentary

Commentary

Remember them, O my God,.... The priests, and punish them: because t hey have defiled the priesthood; by marrying strange wives, and rendering themselves unfit to officiate in it: and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites; made with Levi, Aaron, and Phinehas, see Num 24:11 , of the corruption of which, complaint is made, Mal 2:4 .