Practical Lessons From Nehemiah

Nehemiah zealously defended true worship

13:7-9, 15, 17, 18, 23-25

• High Priest Eliashib allowed Tobiah, who was an unbeliever and an opposer, to influence him

• Eliashib gave Tobiah a space in a temple dining hall

• Nehemiah threw all of Tobiah’s furniture out, cleansed the room, and returned it to its proper use

• Nehemiah continued to remove all uncleanness from Jerusalem