"Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;"
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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...
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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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A MOLTEN CALF. Exodus 32:4.
THIS. Singular number: i.e. "This [calf]".
EGYPT. Some codices, with six early printed editions and Syriac, read
"the land of Egypt". Compare Exodus 32:4....
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The Golden Calf and God's Mercy
18. _molten calf … Egypt_.] The language is based on Exodus 32:4,
-… made it a molten calf, and they said, These be thy gods (marg.
This is thy god), O Israel, which b...
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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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_YEA, WHEN THEY HAD MADE THEM A MOLTEN CALF, AND SAID, THIS IS THY GOD
THAT BROUGHT THEE UP OUT OF EGYPT, AND HAD WROUGHT GREAT
PROVOCATIONS;_
They had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy...
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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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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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אַ֗ף כִּֽי ־עָשׂ֤וּ לָהֶם֙ עֵ֣גֶל
מַסֵּכָ֔ה וַ יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ זֶ֣ה
אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶעֶלְךָ֖ מִ
מִּצְרָ֑יִם
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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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CHAPTER IX.
_ Blasphemies. By attributing the perfections of God to a senseless
idol. Protestants follow the Septuagint, "provocations." Neatsoth
(Haydock) properly implies words of an insulting natu...
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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...
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Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This [is] thy
God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great
provocations;
Ver. 18. _Yea, when they had made them a golden calf_] A...
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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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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 sho...
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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Nehemiah 9:18 made H6213 (H8804) molded H4541 calf H5695 said H559
(H8799) god H430 up H5927 (H8689) Egypt H4714 worked H6213 (H8799)
great H1419 provocations H5007
Exodus 32:4-8, Exodus 32:31-32;
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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.
CONCLUSIO...
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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.
Nehe...
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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.
⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = docum...
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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 Deuteronomy 10:14. For Nehemiah 9:9...
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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 BY THE PRINCES, PRIESTS,
AND LEVITES (Nehemiah 9:1.). When the law was f...
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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 picture...
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Deuteronomy 9:12; Exodus 32:31; Exodus 32:32; Exodus 32:4; Ezekiel
20:7; Psalms 106:19...