Rashi
Jewish
1040–1105
“Remember them the good that they did.”
The interpretation timeline
Neh 13:29
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
1 Jewish · 1 Methodist
Neh 13:29 · Douay-Rheims
“Remember them, O Lord my God, that defile the priesthood, and the law of priests and Levites.”
Scholastic
c. 1100 – 1500
1105
A.D.
727 years pass — nothing from this stretch is hosted yet
Post-Reformation
c. 1650 – 1900
1832
A.D.
Adam Clarke
Methodist
1762–1832
“Because they have defiled the priesthood - God, therefore, will remember their iniquities against them, and punish them for their transgressions. These words of Nehemiah are to be understood declaratively.”
Modern · 1953 →
The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.