Questions tagged [nehemiah]
Questions about the Book of Nehemiah, or the prophet himself
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1st Esdras, Ezra-Nehemiah, 3rd Esdras, etc
According to the article 1 Esdras & The Canon Of Hippo, Carthage, & Trent, there are 2 and a half chapters from 1st Esdras (LXX end of 4th century, Council of Hippo/Carthage, 2nd Esdras = Ezra/...
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Why does Neh. 8:17 say that nobody celebrated the Festival of Tabernacles since Joshua, when Solomon celebrated it in 1 Kgs. 8:65?
When Nehemiah celebrates the Festival of Tabernacles for the first time with the returning exile from Babylon, it is stated that
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What were the ingredients of soft drink and strong drink as mentioned in Nehemia and Luke?
We read in Neh 8:10:
Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send
some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord.
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Why is there a difference between what the Golden Calf worshippers said in Exodus 32 and Nehemiah 9?
He took the gold from them, formed it in a mold, and cast an image of a calf; and they said, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
Exodus 32:4
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What are the "Sabbaths," "New Moons," and "Feasts"?
Several Old Testament passages reference "Sabbaths" (Strongs 07676, shabbath), "New Moons" (Strongs 02320, chodesh), and "Set Feasts" (Strongs 04150, mow‘ed), along with ...
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Does Nehemiah 9:14 teach that the Sabbath was made known through Moses rather than from the beginning?
Nehemiah 9:5-15 lists a brief chronology of God's people from creation to Moses, emphasizing all that God had done. (The verses following show the proud, disobedient reaction of the people.) While God ...
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When did the 7 + 62 (69) weeks (483 years, in fact) start and then end, which then heralded "Messiah the Prince", as portrayed in Dan 9:25 [NASB]?
This much written about and endlessly debated time period, in my opinion, has to be understood before we can even think about ascertaining when the "70th week" of Daniel's famed prophecy ...
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Why does Nehemiah 1:5 in the NIV translate הַבְּרִית֙ וָחֶ֔סֶד "HaB'rit va-Chesed" as "[His] Covenant [of Love]"?
In Nehemiah 1:5 of the NIV Bible, we read a phrase : "[who] keeps [His] Covenant [of love]".
Is וָחֶ֔סֶד "va-Chesed" really describing the type of Covenant?
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Do the individual builders listed in Nehemiah 3 represent larger household groups?
Nehemiah 3 lists the builders who were responsible for repairing different parts of Jerusalem's wall. Sometimes the text makes explicit reference to a group of builders, e.g.:
Eliashib the high ...
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How did Nehemiah afford everything?
From Nehemiah 5:8
"As far as possible, we have bought back our fellow Jews who were sold to the Gentiles. Now you are selling your own people, only for them to be sold back to us!"
Later, ...
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Why does the Septuagint remove "Amen" from Nehemiah 8:6?
Truly Truly the Greek Septuagint forgot an αμην "Amen"? - In the Hebrew Tanakh the phrase "Truly Truly" can be found in [Nehemiah 8:6].
Nehemiah 8:6 "And Ezra blessed YHVH, ...
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How did God send His Spirit to the Israelites in the wilderness?
Nehemiah 9:20 NASB
You gave Your good Spirit to instruct [the Israelites], your manna you did not withhold from their mouth, And you gave them water for their thirst.
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What's the meaning of "for water" in Nehemiah 4:23?
NIV Nehemiah 4:23 Neither I nor my brothers nor my men nor the guards with me took off our clothes; each had his weapon, even when he went for water.
How to translate Nehemiah 4:23?
וְאֵ֨ין אֲנִ֜י ...
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Who tore down the walls of Jerusalem in Nehemiah?
This is the verse in question:
"And they said to me, “The survivors who are left from the captivity in the province are there in great distress and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is also broken ...
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Did the Israelites appoint a leader to take them back to slavery as alluded in Nehemiah 9:17?
Nehemiah 9:17 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
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“They refused to listen,
And did not remember Your wondrous deeds which You had performed among them;
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Why does Deuteronomy 29:5-6 say they ate no bread for forty years?
Deuteronomy 29:5-6 NASB
5 I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandal has not worn out on your foot. 6 You have not eaten bread, nor have ...
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Why does Nehemiah require that the firstborn of the Israelites be redeemed in Nehemiah 10:36?
Nehemiah 10:36 NASB
36 and bring to the house of our God the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, and the firstborn of our herds and our flocks as it is written in the law, for the priests who ...
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Are pulpits Scriptural requirements for preaching during Christian corporate worship?
The use of some sort of pulpit dates back to Old Testament times as I observed it was first mentioned in Nehemiah 8:4:
And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made
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What was the name of the king of Persia at the time of the rebuilding of Jerusalem?
The Book of Nehemiah refers to some king "Artaxerxes" of Persia, whereas the Book of Esther refers to some "Assuerus."
(Nehemiah 2:1) And it came to pass in the month of Nisan, ...
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What does "in the month of XXX" mean for postexilic Jews?
In Nehemiah 2:1 we read:
"And it came to pass in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of
King Artaxerxes..."
What did the Jews in the postexilic era mean when they only mentioned the month ...
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How do you reconcile Nehemiah 13:1-3 with the fact that King David's great-grandmother was Moabite?
In Nehemiah 13:1–3 the Jews returning to Jerusalem separated themselves from people with mixed decent, including Ammonites and Moabites:
On that day they read from the Book of Moses in the hearing ...
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What factors attest Nehemiah 7:68 is, or is not original to Nehemiah?
Nehemiah 7:68, is missing from most Hebrew manuscripts. This fact suggests it was not in the autograph (original). Nevertheless, it is included in most English translations:
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Is there a numerical contradiction between Ezra and Nehemiah?
In Ezra 2:65 it is said that there were 200 singers. But in Nehemiah 7:67 it is said that there were 245 singers.
The context is exactly the same, but the numbers are different.
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Why does Nehemiah say it was still the twentieth year in Nehemiah 2?
After hearing an adverse report about the survivors in Jerusalem,Nehemiah begins to pray & fast for Jerusalem.It is said it was in the twentieth year in the month of Chislev.
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To whom were the Jews referring in John 6:31?
John 6:31 New King James Version (NKJV)
31 Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”[a]
In the following text Christ accuses the Jews as ...
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How did Nehemiah know that Sanballat and Geshem were plotting against him (Nehemiah 6:2)?
Nehemiah 6:2:
Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, "Come and let us meet
together at Hakkephirim in the plain of Ono." But they intended to do
me harm.
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What is the Serpent Well in Nehemiah 2:13?
Nehemiah 2:13 (NKJV)
And I went out by night through the Valley Gate to the
Serpent Well and the Refuse Gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down and its gates which were ...
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How can we reconcile Ezra 3:2-3 & Nehemiah 8:17?
Ezra 3:2,4
[2]Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and his brothers arose and built the altar of the God of Israel to offer burnt offerings ...
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Which Ezra is mentioned in Nehemiah 12:1?
Nehemiah 12:1 (KJV)
1 Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
Ezra is said to have come from Babylon in ...
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In Nehemiah - Who are the Jews?
Closely Related:
- Identity of "the Jews" in John's gospel
Can Nehemiah 2:16 be interpreted "parenthetically", to define who "The Jews" are?
And if, not - then "In Nehemiah 13, Who ...
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What did the Tirshatha/ governor mean by 'till there stood up the priest with thummim and Urim' in Nehemiah 7:65?
Nehemiah 7
63 And of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called after their ...
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What is the chronological relationship between Nehemiah chapter 10 and 13?
In Nehemiah 10, the people made the decision that "they will not give their daughters to the peoples of the land or take the peoples of the land's daughters for their sons" (v.30), and that they will ...
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Nehemiah 8, Day of Atonement cancelled this year?
Nehemiah 8:2 describes the reading of the law on the New Year (Rosh HaShanah), the day of the blowing of rams' horns (NIV)
So on the first day of the seventh month Ezra the priest brought the Law ...
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Who are "they" in Nehemiah 8:8?
The Bible is clear that Ezra was reading the Law (Nehemiah 8:3) and the Levites helped the people understand it (Nehemiah 8:7). And I learn that the first "they" in Nehemiah 8:8 refers to the Levites ...
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