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05/28/2025 – Day 332 – Nehemiah – Chapters 1 – 4 /3 of ? / Chapter Two -Central question – “Who belongs to Israel ?”

Why the list of people who came out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchhadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried to Babylon? The first verse explains: …

05/28/2025 – Day 332 – Nehemiah – Chapters 1 – 4 /2 of ? / Chapter One: “Trouble and Shame” & “Give Success”

“The Book of Nehemiah introduces us straight away to Nehemiah himself, who will dominate it to a much greater extent than Ezra did in the preceding book. He is …

06/12/2025 – Day 346 – Nehemiah – Chapters 10 – 13 / 2 of 2 / Chapter 13 – “Epilogue”

What a study this book is! Again, thanks to J.G. McConville, excerpts from his Chapter 13 commentary provided here(section – pgs 146 -151) :

“We have had a first climax …

06/11/2025 – Day 346 – Nehemiah – Chapters 10 – 13 / 1 of 2 / Chapter 10 – “An Oath”

Excerpts – from the commentary – pgs. 130 to 134:

“We saw that it was common in the ancient world when formulating relationships to recall the course they had taken in …

06/04/2025 – Day 339 – Nehemiah – Chapters 5 – 9 / 4 of 5 / Chapter 8 commentary – “The Need to Know” and “A Time to Dance”

Picking up J.G. McConville’s commentary from pg. # 115, under (ii):

“This chapter is the most important, however, for its picture of Israel at worship. The buzz of excitement at …

06/04/2025 – Day 339 – Nehemiah – Ch 5 – 9 / 3 of 5 / “Chapter 7 commentary -“Priorities” – Nehemiah, God’s messenger, “a leader who knows that all true success is the product of godliness … these are the things which have established Jerusalem and frustrated the malevolence of her antagonists.”

Let’s proceed with excerpts from this edifying commentary from J.G. McConville starting on pg. # 110:

“… The inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem stand at the end of the long process, …