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The Language of AshdodNEHEMIAH 13:24
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Almost 100 yrs. after
the remnant returned
from Babylonian
exile (444 BC).
The Language of Ashdod
Nehemiah sent to Jerusalem by Artaxerxes – (Chapter 2:1-10)
The walls of Jerusalem rebuilt – (Chapters 2:11-7:3)
Ezra reads the law – (Chapter 8) The people confess their sins – (Chapter 9) The people separate from the people of the
lands and commit to following God’s Law – (Chapter 10-13:3)
Nehemiah, on his return to Jerusalem, reforms the irregularities that had broken out during his absence. – (Chapter 13:4-31)
NEHEMIAH 13:24
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The Language of Ashdod The expulsion of Tobiah –
(13:4-9) Restored service to the
House of God – (13:10-14)
Restored the observance of the Sabbath – (13:15-22)
Punished and charged those who had married pagan women – (13:23-29)
Cleansed Jerusalem of everything Pagan – (13:30,31)
NEHEMIAH 13:24
Nehemiah’s Reforms13:4-31
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The Language of Ashdod
Eliashib, a priest, had allied himself with an enemy of God – Tobiah the Ammonite - (4, 2:10,19; 4:3,7;6:1)
Eliashib had provided Tobiah a place to stay connected with the temple – (5-7)
This grieved Nehemiah greatly – he threw out Tobiah - cleansed the rooms & restored their proper use – (8-13)
The expulsion of Tobiah – (13:4-9)
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The devil’s plan to infiltrate the people of God with our enemies is NOT new! - (2 Cor 11:13-15; 2 Peter 2:1)
We ARE NOT to use that which is sacred to house that which is not – (John 2:13-16; Mat 21:13)
Worldliness must be put away and worldly people must be put out – (Rom 16:17,18 ; 1 Cor 5:11; 2 Thes 3:6)
The expulsion of Tobiah – (13:4-9)
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Many Levites had left their post and went back to their fields -(10)
They had thus forsaken the House of God – (11)
Nehemiah restored the prescribed offices that the temple services may be properly carried out – (12-14)
Restored service to the House of God – (13:10-14)
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Too many Christians have left their post -(Preachers, elders, deacons, song leaders, Bible class teachers, workers, 1 Pet 2:5)
More than “buildings” are being forsaken – (Assembling, teaching, evangelizing, serving, . . .)
These need to be restored as in the N.T.
Restored service to the House of God – (13:10-14)
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The people were forsaking the Sabbath to make money -(15,16)
Nehemiah rebukes the nobles for “profaning” the Sabbath and warns them that their actions would “bring added wrath on Israel” – (17,18)
Nehemiah restores the Sabbath – (19-22)
Restoring True Worship – (13:15-22)
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What about Christians who forsake the assembly of the church to make money?- (Heb 10:24,25; Acts 20:7)
If worldliness is your aim – be warned – (Mat 6:24; James 4:4; 2 Thes 1:7-9)
We need to restore New Testament worship – (John 4:24; Psalms 50:23)
Restoring True Worship – (13:15-22)
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The children of Israel had intermarried with the Philistines, Ammonites & Moabites - (23)
Thus, some of their children could not speak the language of Judah – (24)
Nehemiah “struck them and pulled out their hair” for they had done “a great evil” – (25-27)
Punished and charged those who had married pagan women –
(13:23-29)
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Eliashib’s grandson had married a daughter of Sanballat – thus Nehemiah put him out – (28)
Nehemiah pleads with God to remember him for correcting those who had defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood – (29)
Punished and charged those who had married pagan women –
(13:23-29)
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The Language of AshdodPunished and charged those who
had married pagan women – (13:23-29) We are not to be yoked
together with unbelievers [note – it is NOT a sin, in and of itself, to be married to an unbeliever] - (2 Cor 6:14-7:1; 1 Cor. 7:12-16)
How can a Christian rationally justify marrying someone who is not?
What dangers do their children face? – (Eph 6:1-4)
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More Applications Speaking the world’s
language - (Eph 5:4-7) Speaking in the language of
denominationalism – (Mat 15:7-9; Titus 1:14) Religious titles – “The church of Christ
teaches . . .” The term “Fellowship”
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More Applications Speaking the world’s
language - (Eph 5:4-7) Speaking in the language of
denominationalism – (Mat 15:7-9; Titus 1:14)
Today, more & more Christians do not (cannot) speak as the oracles of God because they have mingled with those in error!! – (1 Peter 4:11; 1 Tim 1:4)
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1 Timothy 6:3 (NKJV) 3 If anyone teaches
otherwise and does not consent to wholesome
words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and
to the doctrine which accords with godliness,
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Titus 2:8 (NKJV) 8 sound speech that
cannot be condemned, that one who is an opponent may be
ashamed, having nothing evil to say of you.
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The Language of Ashdod The expulsion of Tobiah –
(13:4-9) Restored service to the
House of God – (13:10-14)
Restored the observance of the Sabbath – (13:15-22)
Punished and charged those who had married pagan women – (13:23-29)
Cleansed Jerusalem of everything Pagan – (13:30,31)
NEHEMIAH 13:24
Nehemiah’s Reforms13:4-31
Don McClain
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The Language of AshdodNEHEMIAH 13:24
Nehemiah’s Reforms13:4-31
Nehemiah 13:30-31 (NKJV) 30 Thus I cleansed them of everything pagan. I also
assigned duties to the priests and the Levites, each to his
service, 31 and to bringing the wood offering and the
firstfruits at appointed times. Remember me, O my God, for
good!
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