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Verse 22. _THE LAND OF OG KING OF BASHAN._] It is most evident that
_Sihon_ was king of _Heshbon_. How then can it be said that they
possessed _the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon_...
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THOU DIDST DIVIDE THEM INTO CORNERS - i. e., parts of the holy land;
or as some prefer “thou didst distribute them on all sides.”...
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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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NATIONS. peoples.
DIVIDE THEM INTO CORNERS. apportion them their lot. Hebrew. _pe'ah_.
quarter, region. See Leviticus 19:9; Leviticus 23:22. Compare Jeremiah
9:26; Jeremiah 49:32. The word occurs in t...
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The Conquest of Palestine: Victory
22. The Conquest of the Transjordanic territory.
_nations_ R.V. peoples.
_and didst divide them into corners_ R.V. WHICH THOU DIDST ALLOT AFTER
THEIR PORTIONS. Mar...
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MOREOVER THOU GAVEST THEM, &C.— _Thou gavest them the kingdoms of
the people, which thou didst divide to each of them._ Houbigant. The
author of the _Observations_ gives a different explanation of the...
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6. God's compassion takes them to Canaan.
TEXT, NEHEMIAH 9:22-25
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Thou didst also give them kingdoms and peoples,
And Thou didst allot them to them as a boundary.
And they took possession of th...
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_MOREOVER THOU GAVEST THEM KINGDOMS AND NATIONS, AND DIDST DIVIDE THEM
INTO CORNERS: SO THEY POSSESSED THE LAND OF SIHON, AND THE LAND OF THE
KING OF HESHBON, AND THE LAND OF OG KING OF BASHAN._
More...
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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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DIVIDE THEM INTO CORNERS. — Strict usage of the term would require:
_Thou didst divide unto them [these nations] in their boundaries._
AND THE LAND. — There is a double reference to Sihon, king of
He...
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וַ תִּתֵּ֨ן לָהֶ֤ם מַמְלָכֹות֙ וַ
עֲמָמִ֔ים וַֽ תַּחְלְקֵ֖ם לְ פֵאָ֑ה
וַ יִּֽירְשׁ֞וּ אֶת ־אֶ֣רֶץ...
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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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THE PENALTY OF INGRATITUDE AND DISOBEDIENCE
Nehemiah 9:22
The theme of this prayer is the covenant mercy of God. However great
the provocation of the Chosen People, He never swerved from His
ancient...
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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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Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst (d) divide
them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land
of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
(d...
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_Lots. Hebrew, "them (the Chanaanites, or as it is more commonly
understood, the Israelites,) into corners." (Calmet) --- Septuagint,
"by lot they possessed," &c. (Haydock) --- Sehon was king of Heseb...
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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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Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them
into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the
king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
Ver. 2...
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_And didst divide them into corners_ That is, the heathen nations,
whom God in a great measure destroyed, and the remainders of them _he
dispersed into corners;_ that whereas, before the Israelites ca...
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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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INTO CORNERS, or, _into a corner_. But the singular number is very
commonly put for the plural. This is understood, either,
1. Of the Israelites, to whom God divided by lot the KINGDOMS AND
NATIONS l...
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Nehemiah 9:22 gave H5414 (H8799) kingdoms H4467 nations H5971 divided
H2505 (H8799) districts H6285 possession H3423 (H8799) land H776 Sihon
H5511 land H776 king H4428 Heshbon H2809 land H776 Og H5747...
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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 2:26; Deuteronomy 3:1; Deuteronomy 32:26; Joshua 10:11;
Joshua 11:23; Numbers 21:21; Psalms 105:44; Psalms 135:10; Psalms
136:17;...
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Divide — The Heathen nations, whom God in a great measure destroyed,
and the remainders of them he dispersed into corners; that whereas
before the Israelites came, they had large habitations, now they...