Nehemiah 4:14
4:14 When I had made an inspection,
I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them. Remember the great and awesome Lord,
and fight on behalf of your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your families!”
Nehemiah 4:19
4:19 I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “The work is demanding and extensive, and we are spread out on the wall, far removed from one another.
Nehemiah 7:5
7:5 My God placed it on my heart to gather the leaders,
the officials, and the ordinary people so they could be enrolled on the basis of genealogy. I found the genealogical records
of those who had formerly returned. Here is what I found written in that record:
Nehemiah 8:1
8:1 all the people gathered together
in the plaza which was in front of the Water Gate. They asked
Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the
LORD had commanded Israel.
Nehemiah 8:3
8:3 So he read it before the plaza in front of the Water Gate from dawn till noon
before the men and women and those children who could understand.
All the people were eager to hear
the book of the law.
Nehemiah 8:16
8:16 So the people went out and brought these things back and constructed temporary shelters for themselves, each on his roof and in his courtyard and in the courtyards of the temple of God and in the plaza of the Water Gate and the plaza of the Ephraim Gate.
Nehemiah 9:10
9:10 You performed awesome signs
against Pharaoh, against his servants, and against all the people of his land, for you knew that the Egyptians
had acted presumptuously
against them. You made for yourself a name that is celebrated to this day.
Nehemiah 9:22
9:22 “You gave them kingdoms and peoples, and you allocated them to every corner of the land. They inherited the land of King Sihon of Heshbon and the land of King Og of Bashan.
Nehemiah 9:24
9:24 Their descendants
entered and possessed the land. You subdued before them the Canaanites who were the inhabitants of the land. You delivered them into their hand, together with their kings and the peoples of the land, to deal with as they pleased.
Nehemiah 9:32
9:32 “So now, our God – the great, powerful, and awesome God, who keeps covenant fidelity – do not regard as inconsequential all the hardship that has befallen us – our kings, our leaders, our priests, our prophets, our ancestors, and all your people – from the days of the kings of Assyria until this very day!
Nehemiah 10:31
10:31 We will not buy
on the Sabbath or on a holy day from the neighboring peoples who bring their wares and all kinds of grain to sell on the Sabbath day. We will let the fields lie fallow every seventh year, and we will cancel every loan.
Nehemiah 10:34
10:34 “We – the priests, the Levites, and the people – have cast lots concerning the wood offerings, to bring them to the temple of our God according to our families at the designated times year by year to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as is written in the law.
Nehemiah 13:1
Further Reforms by Nehemiah
13:1 On that day the book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people. They found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite may ever enter the assembly of God,