Nehemiah 8:1

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• Ezra 7:6
  …this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.
• Nehemiah 3:26
  …and the temple servants living on the hill of Ophel made repairs opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the tower that juts out.
• 2 Chronicles 34:15
  And Hilkiah said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan.
• Matthew 13:52
  Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”
• Ezra 7:11
  This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in the commandments and statutes of the LORD to Israel:
• Ezra 3:1–13
  By the seventh month, the Israelites had settled in their towns, and the people assembled as one man in Jerusalem.
• Judges 20:1
  Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.
• Matthew 23:2
  “The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
• Nehemiah 8:16
  And the people went out, brought back branches, and made booths on their own rooftops, in their courtyards, in the courts of the house of God, and in the squares by the Water Gate and by the Gate of Ephraim.
• Judges 20:8
  Then all the people stood as one man and said, “Not one of us will return to his tent or to his house.
• Matthew 23:34
  Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.
• Matthew 23:13
  Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.

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Deuteronomy 31:9–13

People

Ezra: Priest; scribe; led a group of exiles back to Jerusalem· Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes· Moses: Prophet who led Israel out of Egypt

Places

Water Gate: A gate in Jerusalem's wall, rebuilt by Nehemiah

Glossary

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Book of Nehemiah· First Book of Esdras· Postexilic Period· Synagogue· Writer

Topics

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Ezra: A Famous Scribe and Priest: Reads the Law· Feasts: (Instituted by Moses): First and Last Days Were Sabbatic· Gates: The Law Read At· Jerusalem: Water Gate· Law: (Contained in the Books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy): Divine Authority For· Law: Princes, Priests, and Levites Publicly Taught· Nehemiah: Son of Hachaliah: His Administration As Ruler of the People· Prophecies Concerning Israel: Captivity of Solemn Feast is Kept· Prophecies Concerning Israel: Captivity of The Law Read and Expounded· Religious Zeal: Nehemiah· Repentance: After Hearing the Law Expounded by Ezra· Synagogue: The Scriptures Were Read and Expounded In· Synagogues: Revival of, After the Captivity· The Scriptures: All should Desire to Hear· Word of God: To be Read Publicly· Worship: The Word of God Read in Public Assemblies