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Ezra Reads the Old Testament Law Nehemiah 8:1-12

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1. God’s people center on the

proclamation of God’s Word

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1. God’s people center on the

proclamation of God’s Word Nehemiah 8:1-2 (HCSB) –

1 All the people gathered

together at the square in front

f the Water Gate. They asked

Ezra the scribe to bring the book

f the law of Moses that the

Lord had given Israel.

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1. God’s people center on the

proclamation of God’s Word Nehemiah 8:1-2 (HCSB) –

2 On the first day of the seventh

month, Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly of men, women, and all who could listen with understanding.

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2. God’s people revere God’s

Word together

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2. God’s people revere God’s

Word together Nehemiah 8:3-6 (HCSB) –

3 While he was facing the square

in front of the Water Gate, he read out of it from daybreak until noon before the men, the women, and those who could understand.

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2. God’s people revere God’s

Word together Nehemiah 8:3-6 (HCSB) – All the people listened attentively to the book of the

law. 4 Ezra the scribe stood on a

high wooden platform made for this purpose.

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2. God’s people revere God’s

Word together Nehemiah 8:3-6 (HCSB) – Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah stood beside him on his right;

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2. God’s people revere God’s

Word together Nehemiah 8:3-6 (HCSB) – to his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

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2. God’s people revere God’s

Word together Nehemiah 8:3-6 (HCSB) –

5 Ezra opened the book in full

view of all the people, since he was elevated above everyone. As he opened it, all the people stood up.

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2. God’s people revere God’s

Word together Nehemiah 8:3-6 (HCSB) –

6 Ezra praised the Lord, the great

God, and with their hands uplifted all the people said, “Amen, Amen!”

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2. God’s people revere God’s

Word together Nehemiah 8:3-6 (HCSB) – Then they bowed down and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.

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3. God’s people respond in

repentance and obedience

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3. God’s people respond in

repentance and obedience Nehemiah 8:7-12 (HCSB) –

7 Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin,

Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah, who were Levites, explained the law to the people as they stood in their places.

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3. God’s people respond in

repentance and obedience Nehemiah 8:7-12 (HCSB) –

8 They read out of the book of the

law of God, translating and giving the meaning so that the people could understand what was read.

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3. God’s people respond in

repentance and obedience Nehemiah 8:7-12 (HCSB) –

9 Nehemiah the governor, Ezra

the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, “This day is holy to the Lord your God. Do not mourn or weep.”

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3. God’s people respond in

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For all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the law.

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3. God’s people respond in

repentance and obedience Nehemiah 8:7-12 (HCSB) –

10 Then he said to them, “Go and

eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord.

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3. God’s people respond in

repentance and obedience Nehemiah 8:7-12 (HCSB) –

Do not grieve, because the joy of the Lord is your stronghold.”

11 And the Levites quieted all the

people, saying, “Be still, since today is holy. Do not grieve.

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3. God’s people respond in

repentance and obedience Nehemiah 8:7-12 (HCSB) –

12 Then all the people began to

eat and drink, send portions, and have a great celebration, because they had understood the words that were explained to them.

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2 Timothy 3:16-17 (HCSB)

16 All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable

for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting and for training in righteousness 17 so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

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Ezra Reads the Old Testament Law Nehemiah 8:1-12

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