Discovery Box| (1.00) | Ezr 8:27 |
| 20 gold bowls worth 1,000 darics, and two exquisite vessels of gleaming bronze, as valuable as gold. |
| (1.00) | Ezr 9:2 |
| Indeed, they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy race 1 has become intermingled with the local residents. Worse still, the leaders and the officials have been at the forefront of all of this!” |
| (1.00) | Ezr 9:4 |
| Everyone who held the words of the God of Israel in awe 1 gathered around me because of the unfaithful acts of the people of the exile. 2 Devastated, I continued to sit there until the evening offering. |
| (1.00) | Ezr 9:11 |
| which you commanded us through your servants the prophets with these words: 1 ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land defiled by the impurities of the local residents! 2 With their abominations they have filled it from one end to the other with their filthiness. |
| (1.00) | Ezr 10:3 |
| Therefore let us enact 1 a covenant with our God to send away all these women and their offspring, in keeping with your counsel, my lord, 2 and that of those who respect 3 the commandments of our God. And let it be done according to the law. |
| (1.00) | Ezr 10:5 |
| So Ezra got up and made the leading priests and Levites and all Israel take an oath to carry out this plan. 1 And they all took a solemn oath. |
| (1.00) | Ezr 10:13 |
| However, the people are numerous and it is the rainy season. 1 We are unable to stand here outside. Furthermore, this business cannot be resolved in a day or two, for we have sinned greatly in this matter. |
| (1.00) | Ezr 10:19 |
| (They gave their word 1 to send away their wives; their guilt offering was a ram from the flock for their guilt.) |
| (1.00) | Neh 1:1 |
| 1 These are the words of Nehemiah 2 son of Hacaliah: It so happened that in the month of Kislev, in the twentieth year, 3 I was in Susa 4 the citadel. |
| (1.00) | Neh 1:4 |
| When I heard these things I sat down abruptly, 1 crying and mourning for several days. I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven. |
| (1.00) | Neh 1:8 |
| Please recall the word you commanded your servant Moses: ‘If you act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the nations. 1 |
| (1.00) | Neh 1:11 |
| Please, 1 O Lord, listen attentively 2 to the prayer of your servant and to the prayer of your servants who take pleasure in showing respect 3 to your name. Grant your servant success today and show compassion to me 4 in the presence of this man.” Now 5 I was cupbearer for the king. |
| (1.00) | Neh 2:6 |
| Then the king, with his consort 1 sitting beside him, replied, “How long would your trip take, and when would you return?” Since the king was amenable to dispatching me, 2 I gave him a time. |
| (1.00) | Neh 2:16 |
| The officials did not know where I had gone or what I had been doing, for up to this point I had not told any of the Jews or the priests or the nobles or the officials or the rest of the workers. |
| (1.00) | Neh 2:17 |
| Then I said to them, “You see the problem that we have: Jerusalem is desolate and its gates are burned. Come on! Let’s rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that this reproach will not continue.” |
| (1.00) | Neh 2:18 |
| Then I related to them how the good hand of my God was on me and what 1 the king had said to me. Then they replied, “Let’s begin rebuilding right away!” 2 So they readied themselves 3 for this good project. |
| (1.00) | Neh 2:20 |
| I responded to them by saying, “The God of heaven will prosper us. We his servants will start the rebuilding. 1 But you have no just or ancient right in Jerusalem.” 2 |
| (1.00) | Neh 3:1 |
| Then Eliashib the high priest and his priestly colleagues 1 arose and built the Sheep Gate. They dedicated 2 it and erected its doors, working as far as the Tower of the Hundred 3 and 4 the Tower of Hananel. |
| (1.00) | Neh 3:2 |
| The men of Jericho 1 built adjacent to it, and Zaccur son of Imri built adjacent to them. 2 |
| (1.00) | Neh 3:4 |
| Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakoz, worked on the section adjacent to them. Meshullam son of Berechiah the son of Meshezabel worked on the section next to them. And Zadok son of Baana worked on the section adjacent to them. |
