Week 6: Ezra and Nehemiah lead the spiritual reformation

Week 6: Nehemiah 9-13

Objective: 

• The People Confess Their Sins

• The Covenant That Was Sealed

• Nehemiah Dedicates the Wall

• The Reforms of Nehemiah

Resources:

• Fr Tadros Y Malaty Commentary
• Catena Bible Commentary
• Fr Dawoud Lamie Bible study (Arabic)

Reading:

• Nehemiah 9: Group prayer during the concluding prayer (similar to servants meetings)
  
• Nehemiah 10: 28-39
  
• Nehemiah 11: Skip
• Nehemiah 12: 27-47
• Nehemiah 13: 1-31

Key verse(s):

“BeThen still,those forof Israelite lineage separated themselves from all foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the dayiniquities isof holy;their do not be grieved.fathers.” Nehemiah 8:119:2

Comments:

• NehemiahAfter the spiritual reformation that was led by Ezra and Nehemiah, the people confessed their sins and started to deallive witha problemsnew withGodly thelife.
people.
• People Manyseparated themselves from gentiles. It's a symbol of theseseparating problemsourselves werefrom caused by usury.
• Usury is when a person lends money to another person and asks to return the money with extremely high-interest rates.sin.
  
• Nehemiah metdedicating withthe wall is a similar concept to the consecration of churches nowadays.
• Dividing responsibilities on the people and they all agreed to stopserve itthe andTemple towas helpa theirway brethren.of Wemaking seesure Nehemiah'severyone leadershipwas included in the society.
service.
• Nehemiah'sPeople generosity is seen when he is appointed governor and invites many peopleneeded to sitfeel withthat himthey at the same table. A lot of food was prepared daily.
• Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem the Arab tried to stop Nehemiah from completing the wall. Nehemiah dealt with them wisely without losing hope in God's support. Nehmiah's faith and dedication ledbelonged to the rebuildingTemple ofafter themany wallsyears in only 52 days.
  
• Again, there are names of those who returned to Jerusalem mentioned in chapter seven. Church Fathers look at this in a way where those people who believed in God, offered to work and serve, and left their luxurious, lives were worthy to have their names written in the Book of Life.exile.

Review/recap questions:
**Servant may add more questions

1. Three particulars are mentioned regarding the Sabbath. What positionare didthey?
Nehemiah
2. Men occupyof which tribe lived in Jerusalem?
3. What was the landking’s command concerning the sons of Judah?
4. Why did Nehemiah not demand the governor’s provisions?Asaph?
5. How many days did itthe takeLevites tocelebrate rebuildthe dedication of the wall?
6. HowWho manylead timeseach didof Sanballatthe sendtwo messagesthanksgiving choirs?
7. Nehemiah asked God to Nehemiah?remember him and what else?
8. WhyWhat didis Nehemiahwrong refusein tohaving meetchildren withwho Sanballatdo andnot hisspeak allies?
the
9. Howlanguage didof Nehemiah figure out that Shemaiah was a traitor?Judah?

Homework:
**Servant may add more questions

1. The people made a vow to give how much of a shekel to the service of the House of the Lord?
   a) one quarter b) one third c) one half d) one whole shekel
2. The Levites shall bring up a ________ of the ______ to the house of our _________. 
3. The people cast a lot to chose how many to live in Jerusalem?
   a) one third b) one fifth c) one half d) one out of ten
4. What position did Nehemiahthe occupysingers receive?
   a) a quota day by day b) the tithe c) the first fruit
5. Where did the singers live?
   a) In the palace b) in Jerusalem c) in villages all around Jerusalem d) in the landdesert
6. What was stored in the rooms of Judah?the storehouse?
   a) athe priestofferings b) athe governorfirst c)fruitsc) athe scribe d) a singer
7. Who was invited to Nehemiah’s table?
   a) Jews b) rulers c) people from other nationstithes d) all of these
8. HowThe manyAmmonites timesor the Moabites should not come into the Assembly of God because they did Sanballatnot sendgive messagesthe children of Israel:
   a) bread and water b) wood to Nehemiah?build the temple c) gold and silver d) the tithes
9. What did Eliashib prepare for Tobiah?
   a) 2A big feast b) 3a large room c) 5a palace d) 10
horses
10. Howand many days did it take to rebuild the wall?
    a) 15 b) 35 c) 42 d) 52soldiers