Nehemiah 13:31
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New International Version (©2011)
I also made provision for contributions of wood at designated times, and for the firstfruits. Remember me with favor, my God.

New Living Translation (©2007)
I also made sure that the supply of wood for the altar and the first portions of the harvest were brought at the proper times. Remember this in my favor, O my God.

English Standard Version (©2001)
and I provided for the wood offering at appointed times, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
and I arranged for the supply of wood at appointed times and for the first fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
I also arranged for the donation of wood at the appointed times and for the firstfruits. Remember me, my God, with favor.

International Standard Version (©2012)
and I arranged at the appointed time for the supply of wood, and for the first fruits. Remember me, my God, with favor.

NET Bible (©2006)
I also provided for the wood offering at the appointed times and also for the first fruits. Please remember me for good, O my God.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
I also arranged for delivering wood at regular times and for bringing the first produce to be harvested. [Nehemiah prayed,] "Remember me, my God, for my benefit."

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And provided for the wood offering, at appointed times, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.

American King James Version
And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the first fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.

American Standard Version
and for the wood-offering, at times appointed, and for the first-fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And for the offering of wood at times appointed, and for the firstfruits: remember me, O my God, unto good. Amen.

Darby Bible Translation
and for the wood-offering, at times appointed, and for the first-fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good!

English Revised Version
and for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.

Webster's Bible Translation
And for the wood-offering, at times appointed, and for the first-fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.

World English Bible
and for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the first fruits. Remember me, my God, for good.

Young's Literal Translation
and for the wood-offering at appointed times, and for first-fruits. Be mindful of me, O my God, for good.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

13:23-31 If either parent be ungodly, corrupt nature will incline the children to take after that one; which is a strong reason why Christians should not be unequally yoked. In the education of children, great care should be taken about the government of their tongues; that they learn not the language of Ashdod, no impious or impure talk, no corrupt communication. Nehemiah showed the evil of these marriages. Some, more obstinate than the rest, he smote, that is, ordered them to be beaten by the officers according to the law, De 25:2,3. Here are Nehemiah's prayers on this occasion He prays, Remember them, O my God. Lord, convince and convert them; put them in mind of what they should be and do. The best services to the public have been forgotten by those for whom they were done, therefore Nehemiah refers himself to God, to recompense him. This may well be the summary of our petitions; we need no more to make us happy than this; Remember me, O my God, for good. We may humbly hope that the Lord will remember us and our services, although, after lives of unwearied activity and usefulness, we shall still see cause to abhor ourselves and repent in dust and ashes, and to cry out with Nehemiah, Spare me, O my God, according to the greatness of they mercy.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 31. - And for the wood offering. i.e. "I appointed persons to look after the collection of the wood offering (Nehemiah 10:34) and of the first-fruits" (ibid. vers. 35-37). At appointed times. Compare the expression in Nehemiah 10:34: "At times appointed year by year." Remember me, O my God, for good. A characteristic termination of a book whereof one of the main features has been a constant carrying to God of all the author's cares, troubles, and difficulties (see Nehemiah 1:4-11; Nehemiah 2:4, 20; Nehemiah 4:4, 9, 20; Nehemiah 5:15, 19; Nehemiah 6:9, 14; Nehemiah 13:14, 22, 29).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And for the wood offering, at times appointed,.... Of which see Nehemiah 10:34. Levites were appointed to receive the wood that was brought at the times and by the persons fixed, and lay it up in its proper place, and carry it to the altar when wanted:

and for the first fruits; to receive and take care of them, and distribute them to the persons to whom they belonged:

remember me, O my God, for good; to bless him with all good things, temporal and spiritual, to keep him faithful, to make him useful in church and state, and protect him from all his enemies: or rather this may respect what goes before, that as to the wood offering and the firstfruits, that God would graciously remember him as to them, since the one was as necessary to the altar as the other was to those that minister at it.

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Intermarriage Forbidden
…29Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites. 30Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business; 31And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the first fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.

Nehemiah 10:34 "We--the priests, the Levites and the people--have cast lots to determine when each of our families is to bring to the house of our God at set times each year a contribution of wood to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the Law.
Nehemiah 13:14 Remember me for this, my God, and do not blot out what I have so faithfully done for the house of my God and its services.
Nehemiah 13:22 Then I commanded the Levites to purify themselves and go and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this also, my God, and show mercy to me according to your great love.