Study 13 From the Book of Nehemiah is: Nehemiah 12
1.
How
did the people celebrate the completion of the wall? See the further reminder
in Lk.17:15-18. As you read this passage, following in imagination the two
companies as they marched in procession, remember Nehemiah’s solitary journey
as described in 2:12-15. Consider also how much you owe to God. Cf. 1 Cor.
15:10; Rom. 12:1.
2.
‘Nehemiah
the governor’ and ‘Ezra the priest the scribe’ (verse 26). Consider and
contrast the office and character of these two great men, and how both alike
were needed in this critical period of Jewish history. Have you discovered your
gift and call of God or your variety of service for the common good? Cf. Rom.
11:29; 1 Cor.12:4-7.
Note. Verse 30. ‘Purified’:
by sprinkling the blood of sacrifices. Cf. Ezk. 43:19,20.
