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Walls and a Willing Heart
Thru the Bible in a Year When the walls went up, the hearts opened wide. That’s the overarching movement of Nehemiah 9 and 10—a moment in Israel’s history where restoration was not only physical, but deeply spiritual. The protective stone walls around Jerusalem were a monumental accomplishment, but they were never the ultimate goal. They were just the beginning. The real transformation came…
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20250503 Photo by Karolina Grabowska on Pexels.com one percent Nehemiah 10:1-39 Nehemiah 10:1 Those whose seals were on the document were the governor Nehemiah son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,Nehemiah 10:2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,Nehemiah 10:3 Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,Nehemiah 10:4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,Nehemiah 10:5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,Nehemiah 10:6 Daniel, Ginnethon,…
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Signatories to the Pact
1 In view of all this, we are entering into a firm pact, which we are putting into writing. On the sealed document appear the names of our princes, our Levites, and our priests.
2 On the sealed document: the governor Nehemiah, son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah.
3 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 4 Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah, 5 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, 6 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, 7 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, 8 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, 9 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these are the priests.
10 The Levites: Jeshua, son of Azaniah; Binnui, of the descendants of Henadad; Kadmiel; 11 and their kinsmen Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, 12 Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah, 13 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, 14 Hodiah, Bani, Beninu.
15 The leaders of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani, 16 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, 17 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, 18 Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur, 19 Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai, 20 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, 21 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, 22 Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua, 23 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, 24 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub, 25 Hallhohesh, Pilha, Shobek, 26 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, 27 Ahiah, Hanan, Anan, 28 Malluch, Harim, Baanah.
Provisions of the Pact
29 The rest of the people, priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, temple servants, and all others who have separated themselves from the local inhabitants in favor of the law of God, with their wives, their sons, their daughters, all who are of the age of discretion, 30 join their influential kindred, and with the sanction of a curse take this oath to follow the law of God given through Moses, the servant of God, and to observe carefully all the commandments of the Lord, our Lord, his ordinances and his statutes.
31 We will not marry our daughters to the local inhabitants, and we will not accept their daughters for our sons.
32 When the local inhabitants bring in merchandise or any kind of grain for sale on the sabbath day, we will not buy from them on the sabbath or on any other holy day. In the seventh year we will forgo the produce, and forgive every kind of debt.
33 We impose these commandments on ourselves: to give a third of a shekel each year for the service of the house of our God, 34 for the showbread, the daily grain offering, the daily burnt offering, for the sabbaths, new moons, and festivals, for the holy offerings and sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, for every service of the house of our God. 35 We, priests, Levites, and people, have determined by lot concerning the procurement of wood: it is to be brought to the house of our God by each of our ancestral houses at stated times each year, to be burnt on the altar of the Lord, our God, as the law prescribes. 36 We have agreed to bring each year to the house of the Lord the first fruits of our fields and of our fruit trees, of every kind; 37 also, as is prescribed in the law, to bring to the house of our God, to the priests who serve in the house of our God, the firstborn of our children and our animals, including the firstborn of our flocks and herds. 38 The first batch of our dough, and our offerings of the fruit of every tree, of wine and oil, we will bring to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God. The tithe of our fields we will bring to the Levites; they, the Levites, shall take the tithe in all the cities of our service. 39 An Aaronite priest shall be with the Levites when they take the tithe, and the Levites shall bring the tithe of the tithes to the house of our God, to the chambers of the treasury. 40 For to these chambers the Israelites and Levites bring the offerings of grain, wine, and oil; there also are housed the vessels of the sanctuary, and the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers. We will not neglect the house of our God. — Nehemiah 10 | New American Bible Revised Edition (NABRE) New American Bible, revised edition © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Cross References: Exodus 13:2; Exodus 23:10-11; Exodus 23:19; Exodus 34:16; Numbers 5:21; Numbrs 18:26; 1 Samuel 14:3; 2 Samuel 9:12; 1 Chronicles 4:19; 1 Chronicles 6:40; Ezra 2:6; Ezra 2:36; Ezra 6:1; Ezra 8:6; Nehemiah 1:1; Nehemiah 3:4; Nehemiah 7:2; Nehemiah 9:2; Nehemiah 13:3; Nehemiah 13:10-11; Matthew 17:24; Acts 1:26; Romans 11:16; Colossians 2:16
There Shall Be Seven Weeks: The Shemitah
There Shall Be Seven Weeks: The Shemitah
Daniel 9:25b …there shall be seven weeks… The context of this series of posts is the course of the Jewish people for the initial 49 years of the 483 year period communicated from the angel Gabriel to the prophet Daniel. The city of Jerusalem has been rebuilt post exile. These events are covered in Nehemiah 8-13. Israel is returning to God’s Law. After the Sabbath, the focus is the…
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Neglecting The Body Of Christ
We will not neglect the house of our God.
Nehemiah 10:39b (NIV)
I believe that the greatest gift you can give your family and the world is a healthy you.
Joyce Meyer
Being a minister now for just over a decade, I seen and heard many situations where the people in the church are overprotective of the church building. Because “we should not neglect God’s house.” I honestly believe keeping things clean and making sure the teenage boys do not put holes in the walls is an important thing to do. But the house of God, is more than a church building. The house of God is also our physical bodies, especially if you believe that upon baptism you receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. So it is important to keep the church building from, not collapsing after those Lock-Ins, but it is also important to keep our bodies healthy physically, mentally and spiritually.
Prayer Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, and now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Tweet: I will not neglect God's home, both the church body and my body.
Additional Reading: Nehemiah 10:28-39
Daily Bible walk: Day 284
Law and Covenant
“Once settled, the people are called together for a reading of the law on the first day of the civil year. Ezra, Nehemiah, and the Levites spend long hours reading and interpreting the law. When the people mourn for all the sins they…
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Renewing the Convenant
David Guzik's study guides are such a great resource, and I really encourage everyone to take a look when studying this chapter.
The terms of the covenant.
1. (28-29) The making of the covenant with God.
Now the rest of the people; the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had knowledge and understanding; these joined with their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse and an oath to walk in God’s Law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lordour Lord, and His ordinances and His statutes:
a. Now the rest of the people: The 84 mentioned previously sealed the covenant, but the rest of the people- that is,everyone who had knowledge and understanding - also made the covenant with God.
b. Entered into a curse and an oath to walk in God’s law: In making the covenant they agreed to accept a curse from God if they did not obey His law. They accepted the curse as a form of His correction, to bring them back to obedience.
i. Many of us have done a similar thing. We probably didn’t pray “God, curse me if I disobey You.” But many of us have prayed, “Lord, whatever it takes I want to follow You. Whatever it takes I want to be Your man.” That is essentially praying the same thing, and that is a good prayer.
c. Their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had knowledge and understanding: They made this covenant publicly; though its most significant meaning was between the individual and God, it was also important that other people be witness to the covenant. A public covenant meant accountability.
We will not neglect the house of our God: If before they covenanted to make money only in ways that would glorify God, here they covenant to spend their money in ways that glorify God - and beginning it all with giving unto the Lord.
c. We will not neglect the house of our God: Simply said, the Bible says we need to be givers. Not so much for the sake of those we give to, but because giving sets our heart right about material things. God Himself is the greatest giver.
i. If you hold on to money so tightly that you will not be a giver, than you have revealed where your heart is when it comes to money.
ii. The New Testament speaks with great clarity on the principle of giving; that giving should be regular, planned, proportional, and private (1 Corinthians 16:1-4); that it must be generous, freely given, and cheerful (2 Corinthians 9).
iii. If you are reluctant to be a giver as the Bible says you should, simply talk to those who are. Ask them if it has been a blessing or a curse in their life to give as God says to. God promises He will never owe us anything, and we cannot out-give God - though the return is often far better than dollars and cents.
David Guzik
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