Devotional Thought : Nehemiah 13:6-7
But while all this was going on, I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I had returned
But while all this was going on, I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I had returned
Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem. The rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of every ten of them
The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law while the people were standing
The next section was repaired by the men of Tekoa, but their nobles would not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors. Nehemiah
But out of reverence for God I did not act like that. Nehemiah 5:15 The Pharisees created detailed lists of acceptable behaviour for those who wanted