Nehemiah 13 - Introduction

Chapter Thirteen
PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS

1.

Where have we gotten acquainted with Tobiah before?

2.

How many prayers of Nehemiah can you count in this chapter?

3.

How did Nehemiah handle the problem of mixed marriages? Is this how Ezra would have handled it?

4.

What was Sanballat's last method of attack on Israel, in the book of Nehemiah?

OUTLINE

C.

Foreigners are expelled and religious reforms are instituted to purify the nation.

1.

Foreigners are expelled (Nehemiah 13:1-3).

2.

Tobiah is driven out (Nehemiah 13:4-9).

3.

Support for the Levites is renewed (Nehemiah 13:10-14).

4.

Labor and merchandising is forbidden on the Sabbath (Nehemiah 13:15-22).

5.

Nehemiah deals with the problem of mixed marriages (Nehemiah 13:23-29).

6.

Nehemiah summarizes his reforms (Nehemiah 13:30-31).

REVIEW QUESTIONS

1.

What objection did Moses have against Ammonites and Moabites?

2.

Who were especially involved in the desecration of the Sabbath?

3.

What did Nehemiah do to prevent continued desecration of the Sabbath?

4.

With what nations in particular were the Jews intermarrying?