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Verse Nehemiah 9:19. _THE PILLAR OF THE CLOUD DEPARTED NOT FROM THEM_]
מעליהם _mealeyhem_, "from over them." I have already had
occasion to observe that this miraculous cloud, the symbol of the
Divine...
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CHAPTER 9
_ 1. The public humiliation and confession (Nehemiah 9:1)_
2. The great confession and prayer (Nehemiah 9:6)
Nehemiah 9:1. Two days after the feast of tabernacles had been
concluded this h...
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THE FAST AND A NATIONAL CONFESSION. All that took place, as described
in this section, was the result of the reading of the Law. The command
to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles having been observed,...
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MANIFOLD MERCIES. Compare Nehemiah 9:27 and Psalms 106:45.
DEPARTED NOT. Compare Exodus 13:21; Exodus 13:22....
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_the pillar of the cloud_ R.V. THE PILLAR OF CLOUD. In the original
the construction is -As for the pillar of cloud, it departed not, &c."
_from them_ R.V. FROM OVER THEM. More literally.
_and the w...
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5. God blesses Israel even during her rebellion in the Wilderness.
TEXT, NEHEMIAH 9:16-21
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But they, our fathers, acted arrogantly;
They became stubborn and would not listen to Thy commandments....
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THE RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT
4. Stairs] lit. 'ascent': probably the pulpit of wood mentioned in
Nehemiah 8:4. BANI.. BANI] One of the two names is probably an error
for 'Binnui': cp. Nehemiah 12:8....
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Although God looked after his people, they did not obey his law. He
gave them food and water in the desert. But they did not remember all
the good and wonderful things that God had done for them. Alth...
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THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN
NEHEMIAH
_ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_
CHAPTER 9
Nehemiah still had not finished his work for God. He could have
returned to Persia. He had a success...
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וְ אַתָּה֙ בְּ רַחֲמֶ֣יךָ הָֽ
רַבִּ֔ים לֹ֥א
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THE RELIGION OF HISTORY
Nehemiah 9:1
AFTER the carnival-Lent. This Catholic procedure was anticipated by
the Jews in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah. The merry feast of
Tabernacles was scarcely over, w...
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GOD'S HAND IN HISTORY
Nehemiah 9:1
What a blessed result of the Bible-study of the previous chapter. It
led to confession, separation from evil association and worship. It is
good to review the deali...
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After a brief interval, following the feast came the great day of
humiliation. The people separated themselves entirely from all who
were not actually within the Covenant, and gave themselves to
confe...
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(6) Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven
of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are
therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preserve...
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Revival
I. INTRODUCTION
A. As I pointed out last week, Chapter's 7 & 8 began the second
"phase" in the book of Nehemiah.
1. The first part being the construction of the walls.
2. The second, being...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 9, 10, AND 11.
On the twenty-fourth day, the people came together to humble
themselves in a manner that became their position, and they separated
themselves f...
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Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the
wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to
lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew
the...
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_Yea, they made them, a molten calf_ This was a very high provocation,
considering how little a time before God had expressly commanded them
not to make any graven image, and how many cautious he had...
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[A SOLEMNE FAST.]
1 A solemne Fast, and repentance of the people.
4 The Leuites make a religious confession of Gods goodnes, and their
wickednes.
1 NOW in the [NOTE: Esther 8:2.] twentie and fourth...
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yet Thou in Thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the
wilderness. The pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day to
lead them in the way, neither the pillar of fire by night to show them...
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The Levites Confess the People's Wickedness...
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ISRAEL'S GUILT CONFESSED TO THEIR CREATOR
(vv. 1-6)
The Great Day of Atonement was on the _first_ day of the seventh
month, followed by the Feast of Tabernacles beginning the 15th day;
but what shou...
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4-38 The summary of their prayers we have here upon record. Much
more, no doubt, was said. Whatever ability we have to do any thing in
the way of duty, we are to serve and glorify God according to th...
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THOU FORSOOKEST THEM NOT IN THE WILDERNESS; where, if thou hadst left
them without thy conduct and comfort, they had been utterly lost and
undone....
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Nehemiah 9:19 manifold H7227 mercies H7356 forsake H5800 (H8804)
wilderness H4057 pillar H5982 cloud H6051 depart H549
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GOD'S CONTINUAL ACTIVITY ON BEHALF OF HIS PEOPLE (NEHEMIAH 9:18).
In this second main section they now outlined to God how regularly the
people had rebelled against Him, and yet how nevertheless He ha...
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GOD'S FAITHFUL PROVISION FOR HIS PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WILDERNESS
PERIOD AND HIS SUCCESSFUL BRINGING OF THEM INTO THE LAND AND
ESTABLISHING OF THEM IN PROSPERITY (NEHEMIAH 9:18).
Here we have what is...
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THE LEVITES' PLEA ON THE BASIS OF GOD'S PAST MERCIES (NEHEMIAH 9:9).
The Levites now reminded God that He had been faithful to His covenant
throughout their history, declared their recognition of His...
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THE CRY OF THE LEVITES TO GOD ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE (NEHEMIAH 9:4).
What follows was presumably the culmination of the three hours of
confession and worship, and was a summing up in prayer by the ch...
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THE PEOPLE MOURN OVER THEIR SINS, CONFESS THEM, AND ARE LED BY THE
LEVITES IN A PRAYER OF CONTRITION AND REMEMBRANCE OF GOD'S GRACE
CONTINUALLY REVEALED TOWARDS THEM IN THE PAST, IN HOPE THAT IN THE
F...
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CONTENTS: The people feast and repent. Confession of the priests and
Levites.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Shebmah, Bunni,
Chenani, Hash-habaliah, Hodijah, Pethahiah.
CONCLUSION...
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Nehemiah 9:1. On _the twenty fourth day of this month._ The third day
after the feast of tabernacles, the people assembled with fasting, to
abjure associations with heathen women. See Ezra 10:3.
Nehem...
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_And cried with a loud voice unto the Lord their God._
THE SUPPLIANT
The true test of the good received in religious ordinances is their
sanctifying effect on the life. Many a tree is gay with bloss...
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NEHEMIAH 9:1 A Prayer of Confession, Penitence, and Covenant
Commitment. The next phase in the great act of covenant renewal is a
prayer of praise, confession, and petition.
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NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 9:6 The prayer mixes confession with
memories of God’s grace and petition. It follows the biblical story
as told in Genesis 1:1–Kings....
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EXPLANATORY NOTES.] “The confession recorded in this chapter uses
largely the language of the older Scriptures. For Nehemiah 9:6 see
Psalms 86:10; Exodus 20:11, and...
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EXPOSITION
SOLEMN FAST KEPT, WITH CONFESSION OF SINS; AND VOLUNTARY COVENANT WITH
GOD ENTERED INTO BY THE PEOPLE, AND SEALED TO...
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Now in chapter 9:
In the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were
assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them
(Nehemiah 9:1).
So, again, it's quite a pictures...
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1 Corinthians 10:1; 1 Corinthians 10:2; 1 Samuel 12:22; Daniel 9:18;...