The people had finished the work on the walls of Jerusalem in the 6th month of the year (Nehemiah 6:15). The people had worked hard for 52 days. But Nehemiah had not finished his work. His next task would take much more than 52 days. Nehemiah had to make the people into a proper nation of God’s peop... [ Continue Reading ]
THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN NEHEMIAH _ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_ CHAPTER 8 In Nehemiah 7:6-73, Nehemiah copied the register of the first people who returned from *exile. This happened about 90 years before Nehemiah became the ruler of *Judah. In chapter 8, Nehemiah continues... [ Continue Reading ]
When Ezra started to read the law, all the people stood up. They wanted to give honour to God. Then Ezra praised God and the people agreed with him. Then they turned their faces to the ground. This was to show how much they wanted to give honour to God. V7 While the people were standing there, the... [ Continue Reading ]
Some of the *Levites also helped Ezra. They moved among the people and they read the law to smaller groups. They explained the law. And they helped the people to understand its meaning. Some of the people probably did not understand the language of the book of the law. So the *Levites had to transla... [ Continue Reading ]
The people had not heard God’s law for a long time. Ezra read the law. Then the people realised that they had *sinned. God had sent his people into *exile because they had *sinned. This made the people cry. They were sorry because they had *sinned. But Nehemiah, Ezra and the *Levites told them not... [ Continue Reading ]
The people wanted to hear God’s law again the next day. This time the leaders of the families came to hear what was in the book of the law. Ezra and the priests and the *Levites helped the people to study God’s law. When they all studied God’s law, they found out about a special holiday. The holiday... [ Continue Reading ]
When the people learned about the holiday of the shelters they wanted to obey God. So they collected branches, which they used to build shelters. And they lived in the shelters as God had told them to do. All the people who had returned from *exile did this. They did all that God had ordered about t... [ Continue Reading ]