New American Standard Bible 1995

Nehemiah 9:1-23

1Now on the twenty-fourth day of 1this month the sons of Israel assembled 2with fasting, in sackcloth and with 3dirt upon them. 2The 4 5descendants of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and 6confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. 3While 7they stood in their place, they read from the book of the law of the Lord their God for a fourth of the day; and for another fourth they confessed and worshiped the Lord their God. 4 8Now on the Levites’ platform stood Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani and Chenani, and they cried with a loud voice to the Lord their God.

5Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah and Pethahiah, said, “Arise, bless the Lord your God forever and ever! O may Your glorious name be blessed And exalted above all blessing and praise!6 9You alone are the Lord. 10You have made the heavens, The heaven of heavens with all their host, The earth and all that is on it, The seas and all that is in them. 11You give life to all of them And the heavenly host bows down before You.7You are the Lord God, 12Who chose Abram And brought him out from 13Ur of the Chaldees, And 14gave him the name Abraham.8You found 15his heart faithful before You, And made a covenant with him To give him the land of the Canaanite, Of the Hittite and the Amorite, Of the Perizzite, the Jebusite and the Girgashite-- To give it to his 16descendants. And You 17have fulfilled Your promise, For You are righteous.

9“18You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, And 19heard their cry by the 20Red Sea.10Then You performed 21signs and wonders against Pharaoh, Against all his servants and all the people of his land; For You knew that 22they acted arrogantly toward them, And 23made a name for Yourself as it is this day.11 24You divided the sea before them, So they passed through the midst of the sea on dry ground; And 25their pursuers You hurled into the depths, Like a stone into 26raging waters.12And with a pillar of cloud 27You led them by day, And with a pillar of fire by night To light for them the way In which they were to go.13Then 28You came down on Mount Sinai, And 29spoke with them from heaven; You gave them 30just ordinances and true laws, Good statutes and commandments.14So You made known to them 31Your holy sabbath, And laid down for them commandments, statutes and law, Through Your servant Moses.15You 32provided bread from heaven for them for their hunger, You 33brought forth water from a rock for them for their thirst, And You 34told them to enter in order to possess The land which You 35swore to give them.

16“But they, our fathers, 36acted arrogantly; They 37 38became stubborn and would not listen to Your commandments.17They refused to listen, And 39did not remember Your wondrous deeds which You had performed among them; So they became stubborn and 40appointed a leader to return to their slavery 41in Egypt. But You are a God 42of forgiveness, Gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness; And You did not forsake them.18Even when they 43made for themselves A calf of molten metal And said, ‘This is your God Who brought you up from Egypt,’ And committed great 44blasphemies,19 45You, in Your great compassion, Did not forsake them in the wilderness; 46The pillar of cloud did not leave them by day, To guide them on their way, Nor the pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they were to go.20 47You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them, Your manna You did not withhold from their mouth, And You gave them water for their thirst.21Indeed, 48forty years You provided for them in the wilderness and they were not in want; Their clothes did not wear out, nor did their feet swell.22You also gave them kingdoms and peoples, And allotted them to them as a 49boundary. 50They took possession of the land of Sihon 51the king of Heshbon And the land of Og the king of Bashan.23You made their sons numerous as 52the stars of heaven, And You brought them into the land Which You had told their fathers to enter and possess.

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1. Nehemiah 9:1 Neh 8:2 ↩
2. Nehemiah 9:1 Ezra 8:23 ↩
3. Nehemiah 9:1 1 Sam 4:12 ↩
4. Nehemiah 9:2 Lit seed ↩
5. Nehemiah 9:2 Ezra 10:11; Neh 13:3 ↩
6. Nehemiah 9:2 Prov 28:13; Jer 3:13 ↩
7. Nehemiah 9:3 Neh 8:4 ↩
8. Nehemiah 9:4 Neh 8:7 ↩
9. Nehemiah 9:6 Deut 6:4; 2 Kin 19:15 ↩
10. Nehemiah 9:6 Gen 1:1 ↩
11. Nehemiah 9:6 Col 1:16f ↩
12. Nehemiah 9:7 Gen 12:1 ↩
13. Nehemiah 9:7 Gen 11:31 ↩
14. Nehemiah 9:7 Gen 17:5 ↩
15. Nehemiah 9:8 Gen 15:6, 18-21 ↩
16. Nehemiah 9:8 Lit seed ↩
17. Nehemiah 9:8 Josh 21:43-45 ↩
18. Nehemiah 9:9 Ex 3:7 ↩
19. Nehemiah 9:9 Ex 14:10-14, 31 ↩
20. Nehemiah 9:9 Lit Sea of Reeds ↩
21. Nehemiah 9:10 Ex 7:8-12:32 ↩
22. Nehemiah 9:10 Ex 5:2 ↩
23. Nehemiah 9:10 Ex 9:16 ↩
24. Nehemiah 9:11 Ex 14:21 ↩
25. Nehemiah 9:11 Ex 15:1, 5, 10 ↩
26. Nehemiah 9:11 Lit strong, mighty ↩
27. Nehemiah 9:12 Ex 13:21, 22 ↩
28. Nehemiah 9:13 Ex 19:11, 18-20 ↩
29. Nehemiah 9:13 Ex 20:1 ↩
30. Nehemiah 9:13 Ps 19:7-9 ↩
31. Nehemiah 9:14 Ex 16:23; 20:8 ↩
32. Nehemiah 9:15 Ex 16:4, 14, 15 ↩
33. Nehemiah 9:15 Ex 17:6; Num 20:7-13 ↩
34. Nehemiah 9:15 Deut 1:8, 21 ↩
35. Nehemiah 9:15 Lit lifted up Your hand ↩
36. Nehemiah 9:16 Neh 9:10 ↩
37. Nehemiah 9:16 Lit stiffened their neck; so also v 17 ↩
38. Nehemiah 9:16 Deut 1:26-33; 31:27; Neh 9:29 ↩
39. Nehemiah 9:17 Ps 78:11, 42-55 ↩
40. Nehemiah 9:17 Num 14:4 ↩
41. Nehemiah 9:17 So Gr and some Heb mss; Heb reads in their rebellion ↩
42. Nehemiah 9:17 Ex 34:6, 7; Num 14:18 ↩
43. Nehemiah 9:18 Ex 32:4-8, 31 ↩
44. Nehemiah 9:18 Lit acts of contempt ↩
45. Nehemiah 9:19 Deut 8:2-4; Neh 9:27, 31 ↩
46. Nehemiah 9:19 Neh 9:12 ↩
47. Nehemiah 9:20 Num 11:17; Neh 9:30; Is 63:11-14 ↩
48. Nehemiah 9:21 Deut 2:7 ↩
49. Nehemiah 9:22 Lit side, corner ↩
50. Nehemiah 9:22 Num 21:21-35 ↩
51. Nehemiah 9:22 So the Gr and the Latin; Heb reads and the land of the king of Heshbon ↩
52. Nehemiah 9:23 Gen 15:5; 22:17 ↩

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