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- Nehemiah 6:16
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When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and disheartened, for they realized that this task had been accomplished by our God.
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- Nehemiah 6:17
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Also in those days, the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters kept coming to them.
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- Nehemiah 7:1
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When the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.
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- Nehemiah 7:6
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These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,
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- Nehemiah 7:63
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And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name).
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- Nehemiah 7:65
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The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.
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- Nehemiah 7:72
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The rest of the people gave a total of 20,000 darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver, and 67 priestly garments.
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Source alternate reference: 7.71
- Nehemiah 8:1
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At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.
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- Nehemiah 8:3
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So Ezra read it aloud from daybreak until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.
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- Nehemiah 8:4
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Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform built for this occasion. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, and at his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
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- Nehemiah 8:12
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Then all the people began to eat and drink, to send out portions, and to rejoice greatly, because they understood the words that had been made known to them.
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- Nehemiah 8:14
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And they found written in the Law, which the LORD had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month,
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- Nehemiah 8:15
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and that they should proclaim this message and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.”
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- Nehemiah 9:6
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You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You.
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- Nehemiah 9:7
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You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.
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- Nehemiah 9:12
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You led them with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they should travel.
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- Nehemiah 9:15
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In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land that You had sworn to give them.
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- Nehemiah 9:17
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They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.
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- Nehemiah 9:18
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Even when they cast for themselves an image of a calf and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and when they committed terrible blasphemies,
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- Nehemiah 9:19
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You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.
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- Nehemiah 9:23
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You multiplied their descendants like the stars of heaven and brought them to the land You had told their fathers to enter and possess.
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- Nehemiah 9:26
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But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.
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- Nehemiah 9:29
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You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They turned a stubborn shoulder; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.
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- Nehemiah 9:32
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So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.
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- Nehemiah 9:34
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Our kings and leaders and priests and fathers did not obey Your law or listen to Your commandments and warnings that You gave them.
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- Nehemiah 9:35
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For even while they were in their kingdom, with the abundant goodness that You had given them, and in the spacious and fertile land that You had set before them, they would not serve You or turn from their wicked ways.
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- Nehemiah 9:36
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So here we are today as slaves in the land You gave our fathers to enjoy its fruit and goodness—here we are as slaves!
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- Nehemiah 9:37
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Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. We are in great distress.
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- Nehemiah 10:29
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hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to obey carefully all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.
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Source alternate reference: 10.30
- Nehemiah 10:30
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We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons.
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Source alternate reference: 10.31
- Nehemiah 11:3
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These are the heads of the provinces who settled in Jerusalem. (In the villages of Judah, however, each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants—
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- Nehemiah 12:1
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Now these are the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
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- Nehemiah 13:1
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At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,
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- Nehemiah 13:7
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to return to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done on behalf of Tobiah by providing him a room in the courts of the house of God.
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- Nehemiah 13:14
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Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my deeds of loving devotion for the house of my God and for its services.
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- Nehemiah 13:17
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Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day?
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- Nehemiah 13:19
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When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem, just before the Sabbath, I ordered that the gates be shut and not opened until after the Sabbath. I posted some of my servants at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.
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- Nehemiah 13:22
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Then I instructed the Levites to purify themselves and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this as well, O my God, and show me mercy according to Your abundant loving devotion.
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- Esther 1:2
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In those days King Xerxes sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa.
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- Esther 1:9
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Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.
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- Esther 1:12
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Queen Vashti, however, refused to come at the king’s command brought by his eunuchs. And the king became furious, and his anger burned within him.
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- Esther 1:15
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“According to law,” he asked, “what should be done with Queen Vashti, since she refused to obey the command of King Xerxes delivered by the eunuchs?”
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- Esther 1:16
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And in the presence of the king and his princes, Memucan replied, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king, but all the princes and the peoples in all the provinces of King Xerxes.
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- Esther 1:18
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This very day the noble women of Persia and Media who have heard about the queen’s conduct will say the same thing to all the king’s officials, resulting in much contempt and wrath.
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- Esther 1:19
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So if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree, and let it be recorded in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot be repealed, that Vashti shall never again enter the presence of King Xerxes, and that her royal position shall be given to a woman better than she.
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- Esther 1:20
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The edict the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom—and so all women, from the least to the greatest, will honor their husbands.”
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- Esther 2:1
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Some time later, when the anger of King Xerxes had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done, and what had been decreed against her.
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- Esther 2:4
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Then let the young woman who pleases the king become queen in place of Vashti.” This suggestion pleased the king, and he acted accordingly.
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- Esther 2:6
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He had been carried into exile from Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon among those taken captive with Jeconiah king of Judah.
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- Esther 2:10
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Esther did not reveal her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.
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