1 Then it was, when the wall was built and I hadhung the doors, when the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed, 2 that I gave the charge of Jerusalem to my brotherHanani, and Hananiah the leaderof the citadel, for hewasa faithful man andfeared God more than many. 3 And I said […]
Monthly Archives: July 2017
Nehemiah 8
1 Now allthe people gathered together as one man in the open square thatwasin front of the Water Gate; and they told Ezra thescribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses, which theLordhad commanded Israel. 2 So Ezra the priest broughtthe Law before the assembly of men and women and all whocouldhear with […]
Nehemiah 9
The People Confess Their Sins 1 Now on the twenty-fourth day ofthis month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, in sackcloth,and with dust on their heads. 2 Thenthose of Israelite lineage separated themselves from all foreigners; and they stood andconfessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. 3 And they stood up […]
Nehemiah 10
The People Who Sealed the Covenant 1 Now those who placedtheirseal onthedocumentwere: # Nehemiah the governor,the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah, 2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 3 Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah, 4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, 5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, 6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, 7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, 8 Maaziah, Bilgai,andShemaiah. Thesewerethe priests. 9 The Levites: Jeshua the […]
Nehemiah 11
The People Dwelling in Jerusalem 1 Now the leaders of the people dwelt at Jerusalem; the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to dwell in Jerusalem,the holy city, and nine-tenthsweretodwellinothercities. 2 And the people blessed all the men whowillingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem. 3 Thesearethe heads of […]
Nehemiah 12
The Priests and Levites 1 Now thesearethepriests and the Levites who came up withZerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua:Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, 2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, 3 Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, 4 Iddo, Ginnethoi,Abijah, 5 Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, 6 Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah, 7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah,andJedaiah. # Thesewerethe heads of the priests and their brethren in […]
Nehemiah 13
Principles of Separation 1 On that daythey read from the Book of Moses in the hearing of the people, and in it was found writtenthat no Ammonite or Moabite should ever come into the assembly of God, 2 because they had not met the children of Israel with bread and water, buthired Balaam against them […]
Ezra 1
End of The Babylonian Captivity 1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of theLordby the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, theLordstirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia,so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and alsoputitin writing, saying, 2 Thus says Cyrus king […]
Ezra 2
The Captives Who Returned to Jerusalem 1 Nowthesearethe people of the province who came back from the captivity, of those who had been carried away,whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to hisowncity. 2 Thosewho came with ZerubbabelwereJeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, […]
Ezra 3
Worship Restored at Jerusalem 1 And when theseventh month had come, and the children of Israelwerein the cities, the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem. 2 Then Jeshua the son ofJozadak and his brethren the priests,and Zerubbabel the son ofShealtiel and his brethren, arose and built the altar of the God of Israel, […]