NEHEMIAH 7
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7:1 Now when the wall had been built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed, 2 I gave my brother Hanani and Hananiah the governor of the castle charge over Jerusalem, for he was a more faithful and God-fearing man than many. 3 And I said to them, “Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot. And while they are still standing guard, let them shut and bar the doors. Appoint guards from among the inhabitants of Jerusalem, some at their guard posts and some in front of their own homes.” 4 The city was wide and large, but the people within it were few, and no houses had been rebuilt. Lists of Returned Exiles5 Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles and the officials and the people to be enrolled by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up at the first, and I found written in it:NEHEMIAH 8
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Ezra Reads the Law 8:1 And all the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate. And they told Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the Lord had commanded Israel. 2 So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could understand what they heard, on the first day of the seventh month. 3 And he read from it facing the square before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law. 4 And Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden platform that they had made for the purpose. And beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right hand, and Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam on his left hand. 5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people, and as he opened it all the people stood. 6 And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and all the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” lifting up their hands. And they bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground. 7 Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites, helped the people to understand the Law, while the people remained in their places. 8 They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly, and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading. This Day Is Holy9 And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn or weep.” For all the people wept as they heard the words of the Law. 10 Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” 11 So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be quiet, for this day is holy; do not be grieved.” 12 And all the people went their way to eat and drink and to send portions and to make great rejoicing, because they had understood the words that were declared to them. Feast of Booths Celebrated13 On the second day the heads of fathers’ houses of all the people, with the priests and the Levites, came together to Ezra the scribe in order to study the words of the Law. 14 And they found it written in the Law that the Lord had commanded by Moses that the people of Israel should dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month, 15 and that they should proclaim it and publish it in all their towns and in Jerusalem, “Go out to the hills and bring branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees to make booths, as it is written.” 16 So the people went out and brought them and made booths for themselves, each on his roof, and in their courts and in the courts of the house of God, and in the square at the Water Gate and in the square at the Gate of Ephraim. 17 And all the assembly of those who had returned from the captivity made booths and lived in the booths, for from the days of Jeshua the son of Nun to that day the people of Israel had not done so. And there was very great rejoicing. 18 And day by day, from the first day to the last day, he read from the Book of the Law of God. They kept the feast seven days, and on the eighth day there was a solemn assembly, according to the rule.PROVERBS 26
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26:1 Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,so honor is not fitting for a fool. 2 Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying,a curse that is causeless does not alight. 3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,and a rod for the back of fools. 4 Answer not a fool according to his folly,lest you be like him yourself. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly,lest he be wise in his own eyes. 6 Whoever sends a message by the hand of a foolcuts off his own feet and drinks violence. 7 Like a lame man’s legs, which hang useless,is a proverb in the mouth of fools. 8 Like one who binds the stone in the slingis one who gives honor to a fool. 9 Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkardis a proverb in the mouth of fools. 10 Like an archer who wounds everyoneis one who hires a passing fool or drunkard. 11 Like a dog that returns to his vomitis a fool who repeats his folly. 12 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes?There is more hope for a fool than for him. 13 The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!There is a lion in the streets!” 14 As a door turns on its hinges,so does a sluggard on his bed. 15 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth. 16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyesthan seven men who can answer sensibly. 17 Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his ownis like one who takes a passing dog by the ears. 18 Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death 19 is the man who deceives his neighborand says, “I am only joking!” 20 For lack of wood the fire goes out,and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases. 21 As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife. 22 The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;they go down into the inner parts of the body. 23 Like the glaze covering an earthen vesselare fervent lips with an evil heart. 24 Whoever hates disguises himself with his lipsand harbors deceit in his heart; 25 when he speaks graciously, believe him not,for there are seven abominations in his heart; 26 though his hatred be covered with deception,his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly. 27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it,and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling. 28 A lying tongue hates its victims,and a flattering mouth works ruin.PSALM 86
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