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----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 9:07 PM Subject: Daily Bible Reading For Sunday May 17 > Nehemiah 10-13 (The Message) > > Nehemiah 10 > 1-8 The sealed document bore these signatures: Nehemiah the governor, son > of Hacaliah, Zedekiah, > Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, > Pashhur, Amariah, Malkijah, > > Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, > > Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, > > Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, > > Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, > > Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. > These were the priests. > > 9-13 The Levites: > > Jeshua son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel, > > and their kinsmen: Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, > > Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah, > > Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, > > Hodiah, Bani, and Beninu. > > 14-27 The heads of the people: > > Parosh, Pahath-Moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani, > > Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, > > Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, > > Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur, > > Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai, > > Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, > > Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, > > Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua, > > Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, > > Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub, > > Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek, > > Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, > > Ahiah, Hanan, Anan, > > Malluch, Harim, and Baanah. > > 28-30 The rest of the people, priests, Levites, security guards, singers, > Temple staff, and all who > separated themselves from the foreign neighbors to keep The Revelation of > God, together with their > wives, sons, daughters-everyone old enough to understand-all joined their > noble kinsmen in a binding > oath to follow The Revelation of God given through Moses the servant of > God, to keep and carry out > all the commandments of God our Master, all his decisions and standards. > Thus: > > We will not marry our daughters to our foreign neighbors nor let our > sons marry their daughters. > > 31 When the foreign neighbors bring goods or grain to sell on the Sabbath > we won't trade with > them-not on the Sabbath or any other holy day. > > Every seventh year we will leave the land fallow and cancel all debts. > > 32-33 We accept the responsibility for paying an annual tax of one-third > of a shekel (about an > eighth ounce) for providing The Temple of our God with > > bread for the Table > > regular Grain-Offerings > > regular Whole-Burnt-Offerings > > offerings for the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts > > Dedication-Offerings > > Absolution-Offerings to atone for Israel > > maintenance of The Temple of our God. > > 34 We-priests, Levites, and the people-have cast lots to see when each of > our families will bring > wood for burning on the Altar of our God, following the yearly schedule > set down in The Revelation. > > 35-36 We take responsibility for delivering annually to The Temple of God > the firstfruits of our > crops and our orchards, our firstborn sons and cattle, and the firstborn > from our herds and flocks > for the priests who serve in The Temple of our God-just as it is set down > in The Revelation. > > 37-39 We will bring the best of our grain, of our contributions, of the > fruit of every tree, of > wine, and of oil to the priests in the storerooms of The Temple of our > God. > > We will bring the tithes from our fields to the Levites, since the > Levites are appointed to > collect the tithes in the towns where we work. We'll see to it that a > priest descended from Aaron > will supervise the Levites as they collect the tithes and make sure that > they take a tenth of the > tithes to the treasury in The Temple of our God. We'll see to it that the > People of Israel and > Levites bring the grain, wine, and oil to the storage rooms where the > vessels of the Sanctuary are > kept and where the priests who serve, the security guards, and the choir > meet. > > We will not neglect The Temple of our God. > > Nehemiah 11 > 1-2The leaders of the people were already living in Jerusalem, so the rest > of the people drew lots > to get one out of ten to move to Jerusalem, the holy city, while the other > nine remained in their > towns. The people applauded those who voluntarily offered to live in > Jerusalem. > 3-4 These are the leaders in the province who resided in Jerusalem (some > Israelites, priests, > Levites, Temple staff, and descendants of Solomon's slaves lived in the > towns of Judah on their own > property in various towns; others from both Judah and Benjamin lived in > Jerusalem): > > 4-6 From the family of Judah: > > Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the > son of Shephatiah, the son > of Mahalalel, from the family line of Perez; Maaseiah son of Baruch, the > son of Col-Hozeh, the son > of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, > the son of the Shilonite. > The descendants of Perez who lived in Jerusalem numbered 468 valiant men. > > 7-9 From the family of Benjamin: > > Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of > Kolaiah, the son of > Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah, and his brothers Gabbai > and Sallai: 928 men. Joel > son of Zicri was their chief and Judah son of Hassenuah was second in > command over the city. > > 10-14 From the priests: > > Jedaiah son of Joiarib; Jakin; Seraiah son of Hilkiah, the son of > Meshullam, the son of Zadok, > the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, supervisor of The Temple of God, > along with their associates > responsible for work in The Temple: 822 men. Also Adaiah son of Jeroham, > the son of Pelaliah, the > son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of > Malkijah, and his associates who > were heads of families: 242 men; Amashsai son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, > the son of Meshillemoth, > the son of Immer, and his associates, all valiant men: 128 men. Their > commander was Zabdiel son of > Haggedolim. > > 15-18 From the Levites: > > Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the > son of Bunni; Shabbethai > and Jozabad, two of the leaders of the Levites who were in charge of the > outside work of The Temple > of God; Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, the > director who led in > thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his associates; and Abda > son of Shammua, the son of > Galal, the son of Jeduthun. The Levites in the holy city totaled 284. > > 19 From the security guards: > > Akkub, Talmon, and their associates who kept watch over the gates: 172 > men. > > 20 The rest of the Israelites, priests, and Levites were in all the towns > of Judah, each on his own > family property. > > 21 The Temple staff lived on the hill Ophel. Ziha and Gishpa were > responsible for them. > > 22-23 The chief officer over the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of > Bani, the son of Hashabiah, > the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. Uzzi was one of Asaph's > descendants, singers who led worship > in The Temple of God. The singers got their orders from the king, who drew > up their daily schedule. > > 24 Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, a descendant of Zerah son of Judah, > represented the people's > concerns at the royal court. > > 25-30 Some of the Judeans lived in the villages near their farms: > Kiriath Arba (Hebron) and suburbs > Dibon and suburbs > Jekabzeel and suburbs > Jeshua > Moladah > Beth Pelet > Hazar Shual > Beersheba and suburbs > Ziklag > Meconah and suburbs > En Rimmon > Zorah > Jarmuth > Zanoah > Adullam and their towns > Lachish and its fields > Azekah and suburbs. > They were living all the way from Beersheba to the Valley of Hinnom. > > 31-36 The Benjaminites from Geba lived in: > Micmash > Aijah > Bethel and its suburbs > Anathoth > Nob and Ananiah > Hazor > Ramah and Gittaim > Hadid, Zeboim, and Neballat > Lod and Ono and the Valley of the Craftsmen. Also some of the > Levitical groups of Judah were > assigned to Benjamin. > > Nehemiah 12 > 1-7 These are the priests and Levites who came up with Zerubbabel son of > Shealtiel and with Jeshua: > Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, > > Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, > > Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah, > > Mijamin, Moadiah, Bilgah, > > Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah, > > Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests > during the time of > Jeshua. > > 8-9 And the Levites: > > Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah; > > Mattaniah, with his brothers, was in charge of songs of praise, and > their brothers Bakbukiah and > Unni stood opposite them in the services of worship. > > 10-11 Jeshua fathered Joiakim, > > Joiakim fathered Eliashib, > > Eliashib fathered Joiada, > > Joiada fathered Jonathan, > > and Jonathan fathered Jaddua. > > 12-21 During the time of Joiakim, these were the heads of the priestly > families: > > of the family of Seraiah, Meraiah; > > of Jeremiah, Hananiah; > > of Ezra, Meshullam; > > of Amariah, Jehohanan; > > of Malluch, Jonathan; > > of Shecaniah, Joseph; > > of Harim, Adna; > > of Meremoth, Helkai; > > of Iddo, Zechariah; > > of Ginnethon, Meshullam; > > of Abijah, Zicri; > > of Miniamin and Moadiah, Piltai; > > of Bilgah, Shammua; > > of Shemaiah, Jehonathan; > > of Joiarib, Mattenai; > > of Jedaiah, Uzzi; > > of Sallu, Kallai; > > of Amok, Eber; > > of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; > > and of Jedaiah, Nethanel. > > 22 During the time of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, the Levites > were registered as heads > of families. During the reign of Darius the Persian, the priests were > registered. > > 23-24 The Levites who were heads of families were registered in the Book > of the Chronicles until > the time of Johanan son of Eliashib. These were: > > Hashabiah, > > Sherebiah, > > and Jeshua son of Kadmiel. > > Their brothers stood opposite them to give praise and thanksgiving, one > side responding to the > other, as had been directed by David the man of God. > > 25-26 The security guards included: > > Mattaniah, > > Bakbukiah, > > Obadiah, > > Meshullam, > > Talmon, > > and Akkub. > They guarded the storerooms at the gates. They lived during the time of > Joiakim son of Jeshua, the > son of Jozadak, the time of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priest > and scholar. > > Dedication of the Wall > 27-29 When it came time for the dedication of the wall, they tracked down > and brought in the Levites > from all their homes in Jerusalem to carry out the dedication exuberantly: > thanksgiving hymns, > songs, cymbals, harps, and lutes. The singers assembled from all around > Jerusalem, from the villages > of the Netophathites, from Beth Gilgal, from the farms at Geba and > Azmaveth-the singers had built > villages for themselves all around Jerusalem. > 30 The priests and Levites ceremonially purified themselves; then they did > the same for the people, > the gates, and the wall. > > 31-36 I had the leaders of Judah come up on the wall, and I appointed two > large choirs. One > proceeded on the wall to the right toward the Dung Gate. Hashaiah and half > the leaders of Judah > followed them, including Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam, Judah, Benjamin, > Shemaiah, and Jeremiah. Some of > the young priests had trumpets. Next, playing the musical instruments of > David the man of God, came > Zechariah son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the > son of Micaiah, the son of > Zaccur, the son of Asaph, and his brothers Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, > Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, > Judah, and Hanani. Ezra the scholar led them. > > 37 At the Fountain Gate they went straight ahead, up the steps of the City > of David using the wall > stairway above the house of David to the Water Gate on the east. > > 38-39 The other choir proceeded to the left. I and half of the people > followed them on the wall > from the Tower of Furnaces to the Broad Wall, over the Ephraim Gate, the > Jeshanah Gate, the Fish > Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred as far as the > Sheep Gate, stopping at the > Prison Gate. > > 40-42 The two choirs then took their places in The Temple of God. I was > there with half of the > officials, along with the priests Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, > Elioenai, Zechariah, and > Hananiah with their trumpets. Also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, > Jehohanan, Malkijah, Elam, and > Ezer. The singers, directed by Jezrahiah, made the rafters ring. > > 43 That day they offered great sacrifices, an exuberant celebration > because God had filled them > with great joy. The women and children raised their happy voices with all > the rest. Jerusalem's > jubilation was heard far and wide. > > > 44-46 That same day men were appointed to be responsible for the > storerooms for the offerings, the > firstfruits, and the tithes. They saw to it that the portion directed by > The Revelation for the > priests and Levites was brought in from the farms connected to the towns. > Judah was so appreciative > of the priests and Levites and their service; they, along with the singers > and security guards, had > done everything so well, conducted the worship of their God and the ritual > of ceremonial cleansing > in a way that would have made David and his son Solomon proud. That's the > way it was done in the > olden days, the days of David and Asaph, when they had choir directors for > singing songs of praise > and thanksgiving to God. > > 47 During the time of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the > daily allowances for the > singers and security guards. They also set aside what was dedicated to the > Levites, and the Levites > did the same for the Aaronites. > > Nehemiah 13 > 1-3 Also on that same day there was a reading from the Book of Moses in > the hearing of the people. > It was found written there that no Ammonite or Moabite was permitted to > enter the congregation of > God, because they hadn't welcomed the People of Israel with food and > drink; they even hired Balaam > to work against them by cursing them, but our God turned the curse into a > blessing. When they heard > the reading of The Revelation, they excluded all foreigners from Israel. > > 4-5 Some time before this, Eliashib the priest had been put in charge of > the storerooms of The > Temple of God. He was close to Tobiah and had made available to him a > large storeroom that had been > used to store Grain-Offerings, incense, worship vessels, and the tithes of > grain, wine, and oil for > the Levites, singers, and security guards, and the offerings for the > priests. > > 6-9 When this was going on I wasn't there in Jerusalem; in the > thirty-second year of Artaxerxes > king of Babylon, I had traveled back to the king. But later I asked for > his permission to leave > again. I arrived in Jerusalem and learned of the wrong that Eliashib had > done in turning over to him > a room in the courts of The Temple of God. I was angry, really angry, and > threw everything in the > room out into the street, all of Tobiah's stuff. Then I ordered that they > ceremonially cleanse the > room. Only then did I put back the worship vessels of The Temple of God, > along with the > Grain-Offerings and the incense. > > 10-13 And then I learned that the Levites hadn't been given their regular > food allotments. So the > Levites and singers who led the services of worship had all left and gone > back to their farms. I > called the officials on the carpet, "Why has The Temple of God been > abandoned?" I got everyone back > again and put them back on their jobs so that all Judah was again bringing > in the tithe of grain, > wine, and oil to the storerooms. I put Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the > scribe, and a Levite named > Pedaiah in charge of the storerooms. I made Hanan son of Zaccur, the son > of Mattaniah, their > right-hand man. These men had a reputation for honesty and hard work. They > were responsible for > distributing the rations to their brothers. > > 14 Remember me, O my God, for this. Don't ever forget the devoted work I > have done for The Temple > of God and its worship. > > 15-16 During those days, while back in Judah, I also noticed that people > treaded wine presses, > brought in sacks of grain, and loaded up their donkeys on the Sabbath. > They brought wine, grapes, > figs, and all kinds of stuff to sell on the Sabbath. So I spoke up and > warned them about selling > food on that day. Tyrians living there brought in fish and whatever else, > selling it to Judeans-in > Jerusalem, mind you!-on the Sabbath. > > 17-18 I confronted the leaders of Judah: "What's going on here? This evil! > Profaning the Sabbath! > Isn't this exactly what your ancestors did? And because of it didn't God > bring down on us and this > city all this misery? And here you are adding to it-accumulating more > wrath on Jerusalem by > profaning the Sabbath." > > 19 As the gates of Jerusalem were darkened by the shadows of the > approaching Sabbath, I ordered the > doors shut and not to be opened until the Sabbath was over. I placed some > of my servants at the > gates to make sure that nothing to be sold would get in on the Sabbath > day. > > 20-21 Traders and dealers in various goods camped outside the gates once > or twice. But I took them > to task. I said, "You have no business camping out here by the wall. If I > find you here again, I'll > use force to drive you off." > > And that did it; they didn't come back on the Sabbath. > > 22 Then I directed the Levites to ceremonially cleanse themselves and take > over as guards at the > gates to keep the sanctity of the Sabbath day. > > Remember me also for this, my God. Treat me with mercy according to > your great and steadfast > love. > > > 23-27 Also in those days I saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, > Ammon, and Moab. Half the > children couldn't even speak the language of Judah; all they knew was the > language of Ashdod or some > other tongue. So I took those men to task, gave them a piece of my mind, > even slapped some of them > and jerked them by the hair. I made them swear to God: "Don't marry your > daughters to their sons; > and don't let their daughters marry your sons-and don't you yourselves > marry them! Didn't Solomon > the king of Israel sin because of women just like these? Even though there > was no king quite like > him, and God loved him and made him king over all Israel, foreign women > were his downfall. Do you > call this obedience-engaging in this extensive evil, showing yourselves > faithless to God by marrying > foreign wives?" > > 28 One of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was a > son-in-law of Sanballat > the Horonite; I drove him out of my presence. > > 29 Remember them, O my God, how they defiled the priesthood and the > covenant of the priests and > Levites. > > > 30-31 All in all I cleansed them from everything foreign. I organized the > orders of service for the > priests and Levites so that each man knew his job. I arranged for a > regular supply of altar wood at > the appointed times and for the firstfruits. > > Remember me, O my God, for good. > > > > > > > Please join us on Skype Monday thru Friday at 8:00 EST for our Morning > Skype Prayer Time. > > > Contact Me At: > Donnie Parrett > 1956 Asa Flat Road > Annville, Kentucky 40402 > Home Phone: 606-364-3321 > Church Phone: 606-364-PRAY > Skype Name: Donnie1261 > Email: [email protected] > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
