Nehemiah 11-13

Chapter 13 tells three stories of how the returned exiles had disregarded their covenant relationship and what Nehemiah did to stop the sinning and promote godly order.  In verses 4-13 he described the neglect of the tithe offerings. Quite possibly the people were neglecting all the regular offerings. These offerings where intended to perpetuate to worship of God. Nehemiah corrected the problem by changing the leadership. In verses 15-22 he describes the desecration of the sabbath by Jews and foreigners. A reprimand of the leaders and the practice of closing the city gates for the sabbath corrected that. The last problem was addressed in verses 23-28. Once again the covenant people were marrying people whom they chose rather than people whom God approved. Nehemiah rebuked those guilty of this sin and persuaded them to vow not to repeat this transgression of the Law.
Stuart