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Verse 21. _THEIR CLOTHES WAXED NOT OLD_] Deuteronomy 8:4, Deuteronomy
8:4....
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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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The Forty Years in the Wilderness: Preservation
_forty years_… so that] R.V. FORTY YEARS … AND. The mention of the
40 years and of the fact that -they lacked nothing" shows that the
origin of the cla...
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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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_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
TH...
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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 אַרְבָּעִ֥ים שָׁנָ֛ה
כִּלְכַּלְתָּ֥ם בַּ † מִּדְבָּ֖ר
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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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Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, [so that]
they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet (c)
swelled not.
(c) Though the way was tedious and long....
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_Worn. So as to be sore, (Haydock) or without shoes. (Menochius) See
Deuteronomy viii. 4. (Calmet) --- Protestants, "their feet swelled
not."_...
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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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Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, [so that]
they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet
swelled not.
Ver. 21. _Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them_...
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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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Yea, forty years didst Thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that
they lacked nothing, Deuteronomy 2:7; THEIR CLOTHES WAXED NOT OLD,
being preserved in some miraculous manner, Deuteronomy 8:4;
Deute...
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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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Of which SEE POOLE ON "DEUTERONOMY 8:4"....
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Nehemiah 9:21 Forty H705 years H8141 sustained H3557 (H8773)
wilderness H4057 lacked H2637 (H8804) clothes H8008 ou
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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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NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 9:21 FORTY YEARS. See Deuteronomy 2:7.
THEIR CLOTHES DID NOT WEAR OUT AND THEIR FEET DID NOT SWELL. From...
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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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Acts 13:18; Amos 5:25; Deuteronomy 2:7; Deuteronomy 29:5; Deuteronomy