## Nehemiah Chapter 13

###### Nehemiah 13:1
[Nehemiah 13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/13:1)

בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא נִקְרָ֛א בְּסֵ֥פֶר מֹשֶׁ֖ה בְּאׇזְנֵ֣י הָעָ֑ם וְנִמְצָא֙ כָּת֣וּב בּ֔וֹ אֲ֠שֶׁ֠ר לֹא־יָב֨וֹא עַמֹּנִ֧י וּמוֹאָבִ֛י בִּקְהַ֥ל הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
On that day they read in the book of Moshe in the hearing of the people; and therein was found written, that the ῾Ammonite and the Mo᾽avite should not come into the congregation of God forever;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
On that day, the book of Moses was read in the ears of the people, and it was found written in it that an Ammonite or a Moavite may not enter the congregation of G-d [i.e., he may not marry an Israelite woman] forever [viz. Deuteronomy 23:4].


###### Nehemiah 13:2
[Nehemiah 13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/13:2)

כִּ֣י לֹ֧א קִדְּמ֛וּ אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בַּלֶּ֣חֶם וּבַמָּ֑יִם וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֨ר עָלָ֤יו אֶת־בִּלְעָם֙ לְקַֽלְל֔וֹ וַיַּהֲפֹ֧ךְ אֱלֹהֵ֛ינוּ הַקְּלָלָ֖ה לִבְרָכָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
because they did not meet the children of Yisra᾽el with bread and with water, but hired Bil῾am against them, that he should curse them: but our God turned the curse into a blessing.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For they did not go out before the children of Israel with bread and water and because they hired against them Bilam to curse them [viz. Ibid. 5]. And G-d turned the curse into a blessing.


###### Nehemiah 13:3
[Nehemiah 13:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/13:3)

וַיְהִ֖י כְּשׇׁמְעָ֣ם אֶת־הַתּוֹרָ֑ה וַיַּבְדִּ֥ילוּ כׇל־עֵ֖רֶב מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Now it came to pass, when they had heard that Tora, that they separated from Yisra᾽el all the mixed multitude.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And it was, when they heard the Torah, that they separated every admixture [of idolators] from Israel.


###### Nehemiah 13:4
[Nehemiah 13:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/13:4)

וְלִפְנֵ֣י מִזֶּ֔ה אֶלְיָשִׁיב֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן נָת֖וּן בְּלִשְׁכַּ֣ת בֵּית־אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ קָר֖וֹב לְטוֹבִיָּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And before this, Elyashiv the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God; being allied to Toviyya,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And before this, Elyashiv the priest, a kinsman of Toviah [the Ammonite (viz. 2:10)], had placed [(Toviah's belongings)] in a chamber of the house of our G-d.


###### Nehemiah 13:5
[Nehemiah 13:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/13:5)

וַיַּ֨עַשׂ ל֜וֹ לִשְׁכָּ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֗ה וְשָׁ֣ם הָי֪וּ לְפָנִ֟ים נֹ֠תְנִ֠ים אֶת־הַמִּנְחָ֨ה הַלְּבוֹנָ֜ה וְהַכֵּלִ֗ים וּמַעְשַׂ֤ר הַדָּגָן֙ הַתִּיר֣וֹשׁ וְהַיִּצְהָ֔ר מִצְוַת֙ הַלְוִיִּ֔ם וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖ים וְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִ֑ים וּתְרוּמַ֖ת הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
prepared for him a great chamber, where they had previously put the meal offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, and the singers, and the gatekeepers; and the heave offerings of the priests.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he had made him a large chamber where before they had placed the meal [for meal-offerings], the frankincense, the [Temple] vessels, the tithe of the grain, the wine, and the oil, the gifts of the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the terumah of the priests.


###### Nehemiah 13:6
[Nehemiah 13:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/13:6)

וּבְכׇל־זֶ֕ה לֹ֥א הָיִ֖יתִי בִּֽירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם כִּ֡י בִּשְׁנַת֩ שְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים וּשְׁתַּ֜יִם לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֤סְתְּא מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶל֙ בָּ֣אתִי אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וּלְקֵ֥ץ יָמִ֖ים נִשְׁאַ֥לְתִּי מִן־הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But in all this time I was not at Yerushalayim: for in the thirty second year of Artaĥshasta king of Bavel, I came to the king, and after certain days I obtained leave of the king:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And with all this [i.e., while all this was happening], I was not in Jerusalem. For in the thirty-second year of [the reign of] Artachshast [(Darius)] king of Bavel, I came to the king, and after some time, I asked the king [to permit me to return to Jerusalem].


###### Nehemiah 13:7
[Nehemiah 13:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/13:7)

וָאָב֖וֹא לִֽירוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם וָאָבִ֣ינָה בָרָעָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֤ה אֶלְיָשִׁיב֙ לְט֣וֹבִיָּ֔ה לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת לוֹ֙ נִשְׁכָּ֔ה בְּחַצְרֵ֖י בֵּ֥ית הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and I came to Yerushalayim, and understood of the evil that Elyashiv did for Toviyya, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I came to Jerusalem and I realized the evil that Elyashiv had done with Toviah, giving him a chamber in the courts of the house of G-d.


###### Nehemiah 13:8
[Nehemiah 13:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/13:8)

וַיֵּ֥רַֽע לִ֖י מְאֹ֑ד וָֽאַשְׁלִ֜יכָה אֶֽת־כׇּל־כְּלֵ֧י בֵית־טוֹבִיָּ֛ה הַח֖וּץ מִן־הַלִּשְׁכָּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And it vexed me very much: so I cast all the household articles of Toviyya out of the chamber.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And it grieved me greatly, and I threw all the vessels of Toviah's house out of the chamber.


###### Nehemiah 13:9
[Nehemiah 13:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/13:9)

וָאֹ֣מְרָ֔ה וַֽיְטַהֲר֖וּ הַלְּשָׁכ֑וֹת וָאָשִׁ֣יבָה שָּׁ֗ם כְּלֵי֙ בֵּ֣ית הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים אֶת־הַמִּנְחָ֖ה וְהַלְּבוֹנָֽה׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and I brought back there the vessels of the house of God, with the meal offerings and the frankincense.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I ordered that the chambers be purified, and I restored there all the vessels of the house of G-d and the meal and the frankincense.


###### Nehemiah 13:10
[Nehemiah 13:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/13:10)

וָאֵ֣דְעָ֔ה כִּֽי־מְנָי֥וֹת הַלְוִיִּ֖ם לֹ֣א נִתָּ֑נָה וַיִּבְרְח֧וּ אִישׁ־לְשָׂדֵ֛הוּ הַלְוִיִּ֥ם וְהַמְשֹׁרְרִ֖ים עֹשֵׂ֥י הַמְּלָאכָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, who did the work, were fled everyone to his field.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I knew that the portions of the Levites had not been placed (there), wherefore each one ran to his field [i.e., to the fields instead of to the chambers to collect his gifts] — the Levites, the singers, the doers of the work [of the Temple].


###### Nehemiah 13:11
[Nehemiah 13:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/13:11)

וָאָרִ֙יבָה֙ אֶת־הַסְּגָנִ֔ים וָאֹ֣מְרָ֔ה מַדּ֖וּעַ נֶעֱזַ֣ב בֵּית־הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וָֽאֶקְבְּצֵ֔ם וָֽאַעֲמִדֵ֖ם עַל־עׇמְדָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then I contended with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I fought with the officers and said: Why is the house of G-d forsaken [of priests and Levites, seeking their gifts abroad!]. And I gathered them [the priests and the Levites] and I restored them to their [usual] stations [in the Temple], whither Israel again brought their gifts as in the past].


###### Nehemiah 13:12
[Nehemiah 13:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/13:12)

וְכׇל־יְהוּדָ֗ה הֵבִ֜יאוּ מַעְשַׂ֧ר הַדָּגָ֛ן וְהַתִּיר֥וֹשׁ וְהַיִּצְהָ֖ר לָאוֹצָרֽוֹת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then all Yehuda brought the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil to the treasuries.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And all of Judah brought the tithe of grain, wine and oil to the [Temple] storehouses.


###### Nehemiah 13:13
[Nehemiah 13:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/13:13)

וָאוֹצְרָ֣ה עַל־א֠וֹצָר֠וֹת שֶׁלֶמְיָ֨ה הַכֹּהֵ֜ן וְצָד֣וֹק הַסּוֹפֵ֗ר וּפְדָיָה֙ מִן־הַלְוִיִּ֔ם וְעַ֨ל־יָדָ֔ם חָנָ֥ן בֶּן־זַכּ֖וּר בֶּן־מַתַּנְיָ֑ה כִּ֤י נֶאֱמָנִים֙ נֶחְשָׁ֔בוּ וַעֲלֵיהֶ֖ם לַחֲלֹ֥ק לַאֲחֵיהֶֽם׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemya the priest, and Żadoq the scribe, and of the Levites Pedaya: and next to them was Ḥanan the son of Zakkur, the son of Mattanya: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute to their brethren.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I placed over the storehouses Shelemyah the priest and Tzaddok the scribe and Pedayah of the Levites, and, assisting them, Chanan the son of Zakkur the son of Matanyah. For they could be trusted to divide [the gifts equably] among their brethren.


###### Nehemiah 13:14
[Nehemiah 13:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/13:14)

זׇכְרָה־לִּ֥י אֱלֹהַ֖י עַל־זֹ֑את וְאַל־תֶּ֣מַח חֲסָדַ֗י אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשִׂ֛יתִי בְּבֵ֥ית אֱלֹהַ֖י וּבְמִשְׁמָרָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and do not wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for its service.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Remember me, my G-d, for this, and do not erase my lovingkindnesses which I have done in the house of my G-d and in its watches.


###### Nehemiah 13:15
[Nehemiah 13:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/13:15)

בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֡מָּה רָאִ֣יתִי בִֽיהוּדָ֣ה׀דֹּֽרְכִֽים־גִּתּ֣וֹת׀בַּשַּׁבָּ֡ת וּמְבִיאִ֣ים הָעֲרֵמ֣וֹת וְֽעֹמְסִ֪ים עַל־הַחֲמֹרִ֟ים וְאַף־יַ֜יִן עֲנָבִ֤ים וּתְאֵנִים֙ וְכׇל־מַשָּׂ֔א וּמְבִיאִ֥ים יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם בְּי֣וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֑ת וָאָעִ֕יד בְּי֖וֹם מִכְרָ֥ם צָֽיִד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
In those days I saw in Yehuda some treading winepresses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves of corn, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Yerushalayim on the sabbath day: and I forewarned them on the day on which they sold food.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
In those days I saw [men] in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing sheaves and loading them on asses, along with wine, grapes, figs and all [other] burdens, and bringing (them) to Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. And I exhorted [them against this] on their market day.


###### Nehemiah 13:16
[Nehemiah 13:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/13:16)

וְהַצֹּרִים֙ יָ֣שְׁבוּ בָ֔הּ מְבִיאִ֥ים דָּ֖אג וְכׇל־מֶ֑כֶר וּמוֹכְרִ֧ים בַּשַּׁבָּ֛ת לִבְנֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה וּבִירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
There dwelt men of Żor there also, who brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath to the children of Yehuda, and in Yerushalayim.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the Tyrian [merchants] who dwelt there brought fish and all [kinds of] merchandise and sold it on the Sabbath to the children of Judah and in Jerusalem!


###### Nehemiah 13:17
[Nehemiah 13:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/13:17)

וָאָרִ֕יבָה אֵ֖ת חֹרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֑ה וָאֹמְרָ֣ה לָהֶ֗ם מָֽה־הַדָּבָ֨ר הָרָ֤ע הַזֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אַתֶּ֣ם עֹשִׂ֔ים וּֽמְחַלְּלִ֖ים אֶת־י֥וֹם הַשַּׁבָּֽת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then I contended with the nobles of Yehuda, and said to them, What evil thing is this that you do, and profane the sabbath day?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I fought with the nobles of Judah and said to them: What is this evil thing that you are doing, desecrating the Sabbath day!


###### Nehemiah 13:18
[Nehemiah 13:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/13:18)

הֲל֨וֹא כֹ֤ה עָשׂוּ֙ אֲבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם וַיָּבֵ֨א אֱלֹהֵ֜ינוּ עָלֵ֗ינוּ אֵ֚ת כׇּל־הָרָעָ֣ה הַזֹּ֔את וְעַ֖ל הָעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֑את וְאַתֶּ֞ם מוֹסִיפִ֤ים חָרוֹן֙ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לְחַלֵּ֖ל אֶת־הַשַּׁבָּֽת׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Did not your father do thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? and yet you bring more wrath upon Yisra᾽el by profaning the sabbath.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Did your fathers not do thus and G-d bring all this evil upon us and upon this city! And you are increasing wrath against Israel by desecrating the Sabbath!


###### Nehemiah 13:19
[Nehemiah 13:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/13:19)

וַיְהִ֡י כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר צָֽלְלוּ֩ שַׁעֲרֵ֨י יְרוּשָׁלַ֜͏ִם לִפְנֵ֣י הַשַּׁבָּ֗ת וָאֹֽמְרָה֙ וַיִּסָּגְר֣וּ הַדְּלָת֔וֹת וָאֹ֣מְרָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר֙ לֹ֣א יִפְתָּח֔וּם עַ֖ד אַחַ֣ר הַשַּׁבָּ֑ת וּמִנְּעָרַ֗י הֶֽעֱמַ֙דְתִּי֙ עַל־הַשְּׁעָרִ֔ים לֹא־יָב֥וֹא מַשָּׂ֖א בְּי֥וֹם הַשַּׁבָּֽת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And it came to pass, that when the gates of Yerushalayim began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and I set some of my servants at the gates, so that no burden should be brought in on the sabbath day.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And it was, as the shadows [were descending upon] the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I ordered that the doors be closed [(so that merchants not enter the city to sell their wares on the Sabbath)], and I ordered that they not be opened until after the Sabbath. And I posted some of my youths at the gates so that no loads enter (there) on the Sabbath day.


###### Nehemiah 13:20
[Nehemiah 13:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/13:20)

וַיָּלִ֨ינוּ הָרֹכְלִ֜ים וּמֹכְרֵ֧י כׇל־מִמְכָּ֛ר מִח֥וּץ לִירוּשָׁלָ֖͏ִם פַּ֥עַם וּשְׁתָּֽיִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
So the merchants and sellers of all kinds of ware lodged outside Yerushalayim once or twice.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the merchants and the sellers of all wares slept outside of Jerusalem one or two times [(so that the Jews would open the gates for them and buy from them on the Sabbath)].


###### Nehemiah 13:21
[Nehemiah 13:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/13:21)

וָאָעִ֣ידָה בָהֶ֗ם וָאֹמְרָ֤ה אֲלֵיהֶם֙ מַדּ֜וּעַ אַתֶּ֤ם לֵנִים֙ נֶ֣גֶד הַחוֹמָ֔ה אִם־תִּשְׁנ֕וּ יָ֖ד אֶשְׁלַ֣ח בָּכֶ֑ם מִן־הָעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔יא לֹא־בָ֖אוּ בַּשַּׁבָּֽת׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then I forewarned them, and said to them, Why do you lodge about the wall? if you do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time on, they came no more on the sabbath.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I warned them, saying: Why do you sleep near the wall? If you do this again, I will punish you! From that time on they did not come on the Sabbath.


###### Nehemiah 13:22
[Nehemiah 13:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/13:22)

וָאֹמְרָ֣ה לַלְוִיִּ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִֽהְי֤וּ מִֽטַּהֲרִים֙ וּבָאִים֙ שֹׁמְרִ֣ים הַשְּׁעָרִ֔ים לְקַדֵּ֖שׁ אֶת־י֣וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֑ת גַּם־זֹאת֙ זׇכְרָה־לִּ֣י אֱלֹהַ֔י וְח֥וּסָה עָלַ֖י כְּרֹ֥ב חַסְדֶּֽךָ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I commanded the Levites, that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and guard the gates, to keep the sabbath day holy. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to Thy abundant love.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I charged the Levites [(of the incoming watch)] to purify themselves and come to guard the gates [(before the onset of the Sabbath)] to sanctify the Sabbath day. This, too, remember unto me, my G-d, and be compassionate to me in the abundance of Your lovingkindness.


###### Nehemiah 13:23
[Nehemiah 13:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/13:23)

גַּ֣ם**׀** בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֗ם רָאִ֤יתִי אֶת־הַיְּהוּדִים֙ הֹשִׁ֗יבוּ נָשִׁים֙ (אשדודיות) [אַשְׁדֳּדִיּ֔וֹת] (עמוניות) [עַמֳּנִיּ֖וֹת] מוֹאֲבִיּֽוֹת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
In those days also I saw Jews who had married wives of Ashdod, of ῾Ammon, and of Mo᾽av:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Also, in those days, I saw the Jews taking as wives women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moav.


###### Nehemiah 13:24
[Nehemiah 13:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/13:24)

וּבְנֵיהֶ֗ם חֲצִי֙ מְדַבֵּ֣ר אַשְׁדּוֹדִ֔ית וְאֵינָ֥ם מַכִּירִ֖ים לְדַבֵּ֣ר יְהוּדִ֑ית וְכִלְשׁ֖וֹן עַ֥ם וָעָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the language of Yehuda, but according to the language of various other peoples.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And, of their children, half [i.e., many] spoke Ashdodian and could not speak the language of Judah, as the language of (all) people.


###### Nehemiah 13:25
[Nehemiah 13:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/13:25)

וָאָרִ֤יב עִמָּם֙ וָאֲקַֽלְלֵ֔ם וָאַכֶּ֥ה מֵהֶ֛ם אֲנָשִׁ֖ים וָֽאֶמְרְטֵ֑ם וָאַשְׁבִּיעֵ֣ם בֵּֽאלֹהִ֗ים אִם־תִּתְּנ֤וּ בְנֹֽתֵיכֶם֙ לִבְנֵיהֶ֔ם וְאִם־תִּשְׂאוּ֙ מִבְּנֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם לִבְנֵיכֶ֖ם וְלָכֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And I contended with them, and cursed them, and beat some of them, and pulled out their hair, and made them take oath by God, saying, You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters to your sons, or for yourselves.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I fought with them and I cursed them and I flogged some of the men and tore out their hair, and I beswore them: If you give your daughters to their sons and if you take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves …


###### Nehemiah 13:26
[Nehemiah 13:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/13:26)

הֲל֣וֹא עַל־אֵ֣לֶּה חָטָֽא־שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֡ל וּבַגּוֹיִ֣ם הָרַבִּים֩ לֹֽא־הָיָ֨ה מֶ֜לֶךְ כָּמֹ֗הוּ וְאָה֤וּב לֵֽאלֹהָיו֙ הָיָ֔ה וַיִּתְּנֵ֣הוּ אֱלֹהִ֔ים מֶ֖לֶךְ עַל־כׇּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל גַּם־אוֹת֣וֹ הֶחֱטִ֔יאוּ הַנָּשִׁ֖ים הַנׇּכְרִיּֽוֹת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Did not Shelomo king of Yisra᾽el sin by these things? and even though among many nations there was no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Yisra᾽el: nevertheless the foreign women caused even him to sin.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin over these [women]? And in (all of) the many nations there was no king such as he. And he was beloved of his G-d. And G-d had made him king over all of Israel — he, too, was caused to sin by foreign wives!


###### Nehemiah 13:27
[Nehemiah 13:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/13:27)

וְלָכֶ֣ם הֲנִשְׁמַ֗ע לַעֲשֹׂת֙ אֵ֣ת כׇּל־הָרָעָ֤ה הַגְּדוֹלָה֙ הַזֹּ֔את לִמְעֹ֖ל בֵּֽאלֹהֵ֑ינוּ לְהֹשִׁ֖יב נָשִׁ֥ים נׇכְרִיּֽוֹת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Shall we then hearken to you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying foreign wives?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[And you would take such wives] unto yourselves! Is [such a thing] heard of? To do all of this great evil? To be faithless to our G-d by wedding foreign wives!


###### Nehemiah 13:28
[Nehemiah 13:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/13:28)

וּמִבְּנֵ֨י יוֹיָדָ֤ע בֶּן־אֶלְיָשִׁיב֙ הַכֹּהֵ֣ן הַגָּד֔וֹל חָתָ֖ן לְסַנְבַלַּ֣ט הַחֹרֹנִ֑י וָאַבְרִיחֵ֖הוּ מֵעָלָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And one of the sons of Yoyada, the son of Elyashiv the high priest, was son in law to Sanvallat the Ḥoronite: therefore I chased him from me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And one of the sons of Yoyada the son of Elyashiv, the high-priest, was a son-in-law to Sanvalat the Choronite [(the oppressor of the Jews [viz. 2:10])], and I drove him away from my presence [(so that he not act as a spy for his father-in-law against Jerusalem)].


###### Nehemiah 13:29
[Nehemiah 13:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/13:29)

זׇכְרָ֥ה לָהֶ֖ם אֱלֹהָ֑י עַ֚ל גׇּאֳלֵ֣י הַכְּהֻנָּ֔ה וּבְרִ֥ית הַכְּהֻנָּ֖ה וְהַלְוִיִּֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Remember unto them [(Israel) the good that they did)] in rejecting [(the unqualified from)] the priesthood and (from) the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites [viz. 7:64].


###### Nehemiah 13:30
[Nehemiah 13:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/13:30)

וְטִֽהַרְתִּ֖ים מִכׇּל־נֵכָ֑ר{פ}
וָאַעֲמִ֧ידָה מִשְׁמָר֛וֹת לַכֹּהֲנִ֥ים וְלַלְוִיִּ֖ם אִ֥ישׁ בִּמְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thus I cleansed them from all foreigners, and appointed duty watches for the priests and the Levites, everyone in his business;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I cleansed them from all foreign [elements] and I set up watches for the priests and the Levites, each in his function.


###### Nehemiah 13:31
[Nehemiah 13:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Nehemiah/r/13:31)

וּלְקֻרְבַּ֧ן הָעֵצִ֛ים בְּעִתִּ֥ים מְזֻמָּנ֖וֹת וְלַבִּכּוּרִ֑ים זׇכְרָה־לִּ֥י אֱלֹהַ֖י לְטוֹבָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and for the wood offering, at the times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And [I instituted] the bringing of wood [for the altar] at set times, and, [likewise] for the [bringing of] first-fruits. Remember [these things] unto me for good, my G-d.