New American Standard Bible 2020

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 they stood and 6confessed their sins and the wrongdoings 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 out 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! 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 11lights, The earth and everything that is on it, The seas and everything that is in them. 12You give life to all of them, And the heavenly 13lights bow down before You.7You are the Lord God, 14Who chose Abram And brought him out from 15Ur of the Chaldees, And 16gave him the name Abraham.8You found 17his 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 18descendants. And You 19have fulfilled Your 20promise, Because You are righteous.

9“21You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, And 22heard their cry by the 23Red Sea.10Then You performed 24signs and wonders against Pharaoh, Against all his servants and all the people of his land; For You knew that 25they acted arrogantly toward them, And You 26made a name for Yourself as it is this day.11 27You divided the sea before them, So they passed through the midst of the sea on dry ground; And You hurled 28their pursuers into the depths, Like a stone into 29raging waters.12And with a pillar of cloud 30You 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 31You came down on Mount Sinai, And 32spoke with them from heaven; You gave them 33just ordinances and true laws, Good statutes and commandments.14So You made known to them 34Your holy Sabbath, And gave them commandments, statutes, and law, Through Your servant Moses.15You 35provided bread from heaven for them for their hunger, You 36brought out water from a rock for them for their thirst, And You 37told them to enter in order to take possession of The land which You 38swore to give them.

16“But they, our fathers, 39acted arrogantly; They 40 41became stubborn and would not listen to Your commandments.17They refused to listen, And 42did not remember Your wondrous deeds which You performed among them; So they became stubborn and 43appointed a leader to return to their slavery in 44Egypt. But You are a God 45of forgiveness, Gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger and abounding in 46mercy; And You did not abandon them.18Even when they 47made for themselves A calf of cast metal And said, ‘This is your 48god Who brought you up from Egypt,’ And committed great blasphemies,19 49You, in Your great compassion, Did not abandon them in the wilderness; 50The 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.20Instead, 51You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them, You did not withhold Your manna from their mouth, And You gave them water for their thirst.21Indeed, for 52forty years You provided for them in the wilderness and they were not lacking; Their clothes did not wear out, nor did their feet swell up.22You also gave them kingdoms and peoples, And allotted them to them as a 53boundary. 54They took possession of the land of Sihon 55the king of Heshbon And the land of Og the king of Bashan.23You made their sons as numerous as 56the stars of heaven, And You brought them into the land Which You had told their fathers to enter and possess.

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Notes

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 Lit host; i.e., sun, stars, etc. ↩
12. Nehemiah 9:6 Col 1:16f ↩
13. Nehemiah 9:6 Lit host; i.e., sun, stars, etc. ↩
14. Nehemiah 9:7 Gen 12:1 ↩
15. Nehemiah 9:7 Gen 11:31 ↩
16. Nehemiah 9:7 Gen 17:5 ↩
17. Nehemiah 9:8 Gen 15:6, 18-21 ↩
18. Nehemiah 9:8 Lit seed ↩
19. Nehemiah 9:8 Josh 21:43-45 ↩
20. Nehemiah 9:8 Lit words ↩
21. Nehemiah 9:9 Ex 3:7 ↩
22. Nehemiah 9:9 Ex 14:10-14, 31 ↩
23. Nehemiah 9:9 Lit Sea of Reeds ↩
24. Nehemiah 9:10 Ex 7:8-12:32 ↩
25. Nehemiah 9:10 Ex 5:2 ↩
26. Nehemiah 9:10 Ex 9:16 ↩
27. Nehemiah 9:11 Ex 14:21 ↩
28. Nehemiah 9:11 Ex 15:1, 5, 10 ↩
29. Nehemiah 9:11 Lit strong, mighty ↩
30. Nehemiah 9:12 Ex 13:21, 22 ↩
31. Nehemiah 9:13 Ex 19:11, 18-20 ↩
32. Nehemiah 9:13 Ex 20:1 ↩
33. Nehemiah 9:13 Ps 19:7-9 ↩
34. Nehemiah 9:14 Ex 16:23; 20:8 ↩
35. Nehemiah 9:15 Ex 16:4, 14, 15 ↩
36. Nehemiah 9:15 Ex 17:6; Num 20:7-13 ↩
37. Nehemiah 9:15 Deut 1:8, 21 ↩
38. Nehemiah 9:15 Lit lifted up Your hand ↩
39. Nehemiah 9:16 Neh 9:10 ↩
40. Nehemiah 9:16 Lit stiffened their neck; so also v 17 ↩
41. Nehemiah 9:16 Deut 1:26-33; 31:27; Neh 9:29 ↩
42. Nehemiah 9:17 Ps 78:11, 42-55 ↩
43. Nehemiah 9:17 Num 14:4 ↩
44. Nehemiah 9:17 As in LXX and some Heb mss; MT their rebellion ↩
45. Nehemiah 9:17 Ex 34:6, 7; Num 14:18 ↩
46. Nehemiah 9:17 Or faithfulness ↩
47. Nehemiah 9:18 Ex 32:4-8, 31 ↩
48. Nehemiah 9:18 Or God; i.e., an idol intended to represent God ↩
49. Nehemiah 9:19 Deut 8:2-4; Neh 9:27, 31 ↩
50. Nehemiah 9:19 Neh 9:12 ↩
51. Nehemiah 9:20 Num 11:17; Neh 9:30; Is 63:11-14 ↩
52. Nehemiah 9:21 Deut 2:7 ↩
53. Nehemiah 9:22 Lit side, corner ↩
54. Nehemiah 9:22 Num 21:21-35 ↩
55. Nehemiah 9:22 As in LXX and Lat; MT and the land of the king of Heshbon ↩
56. Nehemiah 9:23 Gen 15:5; 22:17 ↩

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