So in the days of Zerubbabel and of Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the daily portions for the musicians and the gatekeepers. Nehemiah 12:47 In this chapter we see Nehemiah gathering all kinds of people to work to take care of the Temple and worship. But at the end of the chapter...
And on that day they offered great sacrifices, rejoicing because God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced. The sound of rejoicing in Jerusalem could be heard far away. Nehemiah 12:43 There were choirs and people everywhere celebrating what God had provided for...
At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from where they lived and were brought to Jerusalem to celebrate joyfully the dedication with songs of thanksgiving and with the music of cymbals, harps and lyres. Nehemiah 12:27 They brought people in from all over...
The family heads of the Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan and Jaddua, as well as those of the priests, were recorded in the reign of Darius the Persian. Nehemiah 12:22 (Please note I skipped the rest of chapter 11 and moved on to 12.) This verse says nothing to me except that...
Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem. The rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of every ten of them to live in Jerusalem, the holy city, while the remaining nine were to stay in their own towns. The people commended all who volunteered to live in Jerusalem. Nehemiah...
“We will not neglect the house of our God.” Nehemiah 10:39 I remember seeing a church where they had moved some of the chairs in the middle of the seating area. I did not know why until I saw the hole in the roof over that area. Rather than fix the roof, they simply moved some of...
As it is also written in the Law, we will bring the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, of our herds and of our flocks to the house of our God, to the priests ministering there. Nehemiah 10:36 There is something beautiful about making a commitment to God the best, the first, of those...
We also assume responsibility for bringing to the house of the Lord each year the firstfruits of our crops and of every fruit tree. Nehemiah 10:35 I am a pastor. As such I would love to jump on this passage to say authoritatively to all that we are still called to give the firstfruits of our...
Our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body. Philippians 3:20-21 It is a beautiful morning. On...
All these now join their fellow Israelites the nobles, and bind themselves with a curse and an oath to follow the Law of God given through Moses the servant of God and to obey carefully all the commands, regulations and decrees of the Lord our Lord. Nehemiah 10:29 It makes sense, but I...