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Neh.8.9

Nehemiah 8:9

KJV

¶ And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the Lord your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.

Ezra Reads the Law

“This Day Is Holy”
Illustration for Nehemiah 8:9

Cross References

James 4:9
KJV
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

Drawing Near to God

Things to Avoid
Deuteronomy 12:7
KJV
And there ye shall eat before the Lord your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the Lord thy God hath blessed thee.

One Place for Worship

Laws of the Sanctuary
Deuteronomy 12:12
KJV
And ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.

One Place for Worship

Laws of the Sanctuary
Nehemiah 7:65
KJV
And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.

The List of Returning Exiles

Census of First Returned Exiles
Nehemiah 7:70
KJV
¶ And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests’ garments.

Offerings by the Exiles

Total of People and Gifts
Nehemiah 8:2
KJV
And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.

Ezra Reads the Law

Ezra Reads the Law
Nehemiah 8:8
KJV
So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.

Ezra Reads the Law

Ezra Reads the Law
Nehemiah 12:26
KJV
These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.

The Priests and Levites Who Returned

The Chief Levites