Nehemiah 13:4

Nehemiah 13:5 →

And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah:

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Interpretation

Israel was a peculiar people, and not to mingle with the nations. See the benefit of publicly reading the word of God; when it is duly attended to, it discovers to us sin and duty, good and evil, and shows wherein we have erred.

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This thought runs through Nehemiah 13:4-8.

Nehemiah 13:4 Nehemiah 13:5 Nehemiah 13:6 Nehemiah 13:7 Nehemiah 13:8

Glossary

Eliashib Person: Whom God will restore. (1. ) A priest, head of one of the courses of the priests of the time of David ( 1 Chr. 24:12 ). (2. ) A high priest in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah ( Neh. 12:22 , 23).
Tobiah Person: Pleasing to Jehovah, the “servant,” the “Ammonite,” who joined with those who opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalem after the Exile ( Neh. 2:10 ).