they have defiled. Compare Malachi 2:1-8. Hebrew. ga'al,. Homonym. See note on Ezra 2:62.
covenant. Compare Nehemiah 9:38.
Related Commentaries of Nehemiah 13:29
Nehemiah 13:29
29 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.