Part II. RELIGIOUS REFORM
Ch. Nehemiah 7:73; Nehemiah 7:73; Nehemiah 8:12.
The Public Reading of the Law.
13 18.
The Celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles.
Ch. 9.
The National Confession, prel
Chapter Nine
PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS
1.
What do you suppose brought the people to the humility and confession
described in this chapter?
2.
Who is the more prominent in this chapter, Ezra or Nehemia...
1:1 Nehemiah (c-4) Meaning, 'Comfort of Jehovah.' year, (d-21) That
is, of Artaxerxes Longimanus; see ch. 2.1; Ezra 7:1 . Shushan (e-26)
The capital of Elam. fortress, (f-28) Or 'palace.'...
_A.M. 3559. B.C. 445._
The people keep a solemn fast, Nehemiah 9:1. The Levites bless God
for his goodness to them and their fathers, Nehemiah 9:4. In Egypt,
and their journey out of it, Nehemiah 9:9...
[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...