Discovery Box| (1.00) | Neh 7:5 |
| My God placed it on my heart to gather the leaders, 1 the officials, and the ordinary people so they could be enrolled on the basis of genealogy. I found the genealogical records 2 of those who had formerly returned. Here is what I found written in that record: 3 |
| (1.00) | Neh 7:64 |
| They searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but none were found. They were therefore excluded 1 from the priesthood. |
| (1.00) | Neh 7:70 |
| Some of the family leaders 1 contributed to the work. The governor contributed to the treasury 1,000 gold drachmas, 2 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments. |
| (1.00) | Neh 7:71 |
| Some of the family leaders gave to the project treasury 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,200 silver minas. |
| (1.00) | Neh 8:6 |
| Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and all the people replied “Amen! Amen!” as they lifted their hands. Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground. |
| (1.00) | Neh 8:8 |
| They read from the book of God’s law, explaining it 1 and imparting insight. Thus the people 2 gained understanding from what was read. |
| (1.00) | Neh 8:9 |
| Then Nehemiah the governor, 1 Ezra the priestly scribe, 2 and the Levites who were imparting understanding to the people said to all of them, 3 “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people had been weeping when they heard the words of the law. |
| (1.00) | Neh 8:12 |
| So all the people departed to eat and drink and to share their food 1 with others 2 and to enjoy tremendous joy, 3 for they had gained insight in the matters that had been made known to them. |
| (1.00) | Neh 8:13 |
| On the second day of the month the family leaders 1 met with 2 Ezra the scribe, together with all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to consider the words of the law. |
| (1.00) | Neh 8:15 |
| and that they should make a proclamation and disseminate this message 1 in all their cities and in Jerusalem: 2 “Go to the hill country and bring back olive branches and branches of wild olive trees, myrtle trees, date palms, and other leafy trees to construct temporary shelters, as it is written.” |
| (1.00) | Neh 9:3 |
| For one-fourth of the day they stood in their place and read from the book of the law of the LORD their God, and for another fourth they were confessing their sins 1 and worshiping the LORD their God. |
| (1.00) | Neh 9:6 |
| You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, 1 along with all their multitude of stars, 2 the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You impart life to them all, and the multitudes of heaven worship you. |
| (1.00) | Neh 9:8 |
| When you perceived that his heart was faithful toward you, you established a 1 covenant with him to give his descendants 2 the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, and the Girgashites. You have fulfilled your promise, 3 for you are righteous. |
| (1.00) | Neh 9:14 |
| You made known to them your holy Sabbath; you issued commandments, statutes, and law to them through 1 Moses your servant. |
| (1.00) | Neh 9:18 |
| even when they made a cast image of a calf for themselves and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up from Egypt,’ or when they committed atrocious 1 blasphemies. |
| (1.00) | Neh 9:26 |
| “Nonetheless they grew disobedient and rebelled against you; they disregarded your law. 1 They killed your prophets who had solemnly admonished them in order to cause them to return to you. They committed atrocious blasphemies. |
| (1.00) | Neh 9:29 |
| And you solemnly admonished them in order to return them to your law, but they behaved presumptuously and did not obey your commandments. They sinned against your ordinances – those by which an individual, if he obeys them, 1 will live. They boldly turned from you; 2 they rebelled 3 and did not obey. |
| (1.00) | Neh 9:35 |
| Even when they were in their kingdom and benefiting from your incredible 1 goodness that you had lavished 2 on them in the spacious and fertile land you had set 3 before them, they did not serve you, nor did they turn from their evil practices. |
| (1.00) | Neh 10:31 |
| We will not buy 1 on the Sabbath or on a holy day from the neighboring peoples who bring their wares and all kinds of grain to sell on the Sabbath day. We will let the fields lie fallow every seventh year, and we will cancel every loan. 2 |
| (1.00) | Neh 10:32 |
| We accept responsibility for fulfilling 1 the commands to give 2 one third of a shekel each year for the work of the temple 3 of our God, |
