Nehemiah 13:8

And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.

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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.

Read with

This thought runs through Nehemiah 13:4-8.

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

Glossary

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 ).