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highlighted Nehemiah 8:5 ESV
And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people, and as he opened it all the people stood.
Oct 11
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highlighted Nehemiah 8:3 ESV
And he read from it facing the square before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law.
Oct 11
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highlighted Nehemiah 8:1 ESV
And all the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate. And they told Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the Lord had commanded Israel.
Oct 11
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highlighted Nehemiah 7:65 ESV
The governor told them that they were not to partake of the most holy food until a priest with Urim and Thummim should arise.
Oct 11
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highlighted Nehemiah 7:64 ESV
These sought their registration among those enrolled in the genealogies, but it was not found there, so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
Oct 11
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highlighted Nehemiah 7:6 ESV
These were the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried into exile. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his town.
Oct 11
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highlighted Nehemiah 7:4 ESV
The city was wide and large, but the people within it were few, and no houses had been rebuilt.
Oct 11
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highlighted Nehemiah 7:1-2 ESV
Now when the wall had been built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed,I gave my brother Hanani and Hananiah the governor of the castle charge over Jerusalem, for he was a more faithful and God-fearing man than many.
Oct 11
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highlighted Nehemiah 6:19 ESV
Also they spoke of his good deeds in my presence and reported my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to make me afraid.
Oct 11
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highlighted Nehemiah 6:16 ESV
And when all our enemies heard of it, all the nations around us were afraid and fell greatly in their own esteem, for they perceived that this work had been accomplished with the help of our God.
Oct 11
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highlighted Nehemiah 6:12 ESV
And I understood and saw that God had not sent him, but he had pronounced the prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
Oct 11
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highlighted Nehemiah 6:10 ESV
Now when I went into the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his home, he said, "Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple. Let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you. They are coming to kill you by night."
Oct 11
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highlighted Nehemiah 6:6-7 ESV
In it was written, "It is reported among the nations, and Geshem also says it, that you and the Jews intend to rebel; that is why you are building the wall. And according to these reports you wish to become their king.And you have also set up prophets to proclaim concerning you in Jerusalem, 'There is a king in Judah.' And now the king will hear of these reports. So now come and let us take counsel together."
Oct 11
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highlighted Nehemiah 6:2 ESV
Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, "Come and let us meet together at Hakkephirim in the plain of Ono." But they intended to do me harm.
Oct 11
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highlighted Nehemiah 6:1 ESV
Now when Sanballat and Tobiah and Geshem the Arab and the rest of our enemies heard that I had built the wall and that there was no breach left in it (although up to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates),
Oct 11
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highlighted Nehemiah 5:17 ESV
Moreover, there were at my table 150 men, Jews and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations that were around us.
Oct 11
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highlighted Nehemiah 5:14 ESV
Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the food allowance of the governor.
Oct 11
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highlighted Nehemiah 5:12 ESV
Then they said, "We will restore these and require nothing from them. We will do as you say." And I called the priests and made them swear to do as they had promised.
Oct 11
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highlighted Nehemiah 5:7 ESV
I took counsel with myself, and I brought charges against the nobles and the officials. I said to them, "You are exacting interest, each from his brother." And I held a great assembly against them
Oct 11