Archive THE BIBLE-Verse by Verse (Nehemiah Chapter 1 to 13)

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Nehemiah 8:12 (NLT)
So the people went away to eat and drink at a festive meal, to share gifts of food, and to celebrate with great joy because they had heard God's words and understood them.
 
Nehemiah 8:13 (NLT)
On October 9 the family leaders of all the people, together with the priests and Levites, met with Ezra the scribe to go over the law in greater detail.
 
Nehemiah 8:14 (NLT)
As they studied the law, they discovered that the LORD had commanded through Moses that the Israelites should live in shelters during the festival to be held that month.
 
Nehemiah 8:15 (NLT)

15 He had said that a proclamation should be made throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, telling the people to go to the hills to get branches from olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees. They were to use these branches to make shelters in which they would live during the festival, as prescribed in the Law.
 
Nehemiah 8:16 (NLT)

16 So the people went out and cut branches and used them to build shelters on the roofs of their houses, in their courtyards, in the courtyards of God’s Temple, or in the squares just inside the Water Gate and the Ephraim Gate.
 
Nehemiah 8:17 (NLT)

17 So everyone who had returned from captivity lived in these shelters during the festival, and they were all filled with great joy! The Israelites had not celebrated like this since the days of Joshua son of Nun.
 
Nehemiah 9:1 (NLT) - 1 On October 31 the people assembled again, and this time they fasted and dressed in burlap and sprinkled dust on their heads.
 
Nehemiah 9:2 (NLT)

2 Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all foreigners as they confessed their own sins and the sins of their ancestors.
 
Nehemiah 9:3 (NLT)

3 They remained standing in place for three hours while the Book of the Law of the LORD their God was read aloud to them. Then for three more hours they confessed their sins and worshiped the LORD their God.
 
Nehemiah 9:5 (NLT)

5 Then the leaders of the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—called out to the people: “Stand up and praise the LORD your God, for he lives from everlasting to everlasting!” Then they prayed: “May your glorious name be praised! May it be exalted above all blessing and praise!
 
Nehemiah 9:6 (NLT)

6 “You alone are the LORD. You made the skies and the heavens and all the stars. You made the earth and the seas and everything in them. You preserve them all, and the angels of heaven worship you.
 
Nehemiah 9:8 (NLT)

8 When he had proved himself faithful, you made a covenant with him to give him and his descendants the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites, and Girgashites. And you have done what you promised, for you are always true to your word.
 
Nehemiah 9:10 (NLT)

10 You displayed miraculous signs and wonders against Pharaoh, his officials, and all his people, for you knew how arrogantly they were treating our ancestors. You have a glorious reputation that has never been forgotten.
 
Nehemiah 9:11 (NLT)

11 You divided the sea for your people so they could walk through on dry land! And then you hurled their enemies into the depths of the sea. They sank like stones beneath the mighty waters.
 
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