Nehemiah 12:45-47 And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification… We have here the effects of the joy that was at the dedication of the wall. I. The ministers were more careful than they had been of their work. Ii. The people were more careful than they had been of the maintenance of their ministers. The surest way for ministers to recommend themselves to their people, and gain an interest in their affections, is to wait on their ministry, to be humble and industrious, and to mind their business; when these did so, the people thought nothing too much for them to encourage them. 1. Care is here taken for the collecting of their dues. 2. Care is taken that, being gathered in, it might be duly paid out. (Matthew Henry.) Parallel Verses KJV: And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son. |
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