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October 29 - Nehemiah 11 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean. Here it is Tuesday.
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  It's the 29th of October. I'm so glad to have your company
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  as we are going to read another chapter of God's word together
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  and you might say God's word. What is this Bible that we read?
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  What is the point of this massive book, with all these
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  strange and random stories connected together with this
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  tenuous thread of inspiration by the Holy Spirit?
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  I How does it work Well, this book it is entirely the manual
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  that shares the story of God meeting and interacting with
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  humanity. The Old Testament particularly
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  documents in these long narrative forms, the way that
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  God set things out for his people and the way that his
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  people erred and went the wrong way, and then the way that God
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  restored and set things out for his people again, and the way
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  that his people went astray and came back again and again and
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  again. That is the story, isn't it?
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  And so when we read Nehemiah and we come across these lists and
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  the things that people did, we might think, well, that's a bit
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  random as far as history goes. And as I've said a few times,
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  these are not history books. These are books that document
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  God's faithful walk with his people.
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  And so today we are going to talk about who it was that came
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  back in and occupied Jerusalem because that was what God's
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  promise was all along, that they would get to come back, that a
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  remnant would come back to re occupy their holy city.
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  And we know that that happened because obviously the New
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  Testament plays out on the streets of Jerusalem with God's
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  people living there. And so this today is the story
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  of people reoccupying that space.
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  And so that is our story for today, that we will hear who it
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  is that comes back. So that there is hard evidence
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  captured here in Nehemiah. And God is indeed faithful to
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  his promises. So let's read it, shall we?
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  Heck yeah. Let's read together Nehemiah
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  Chapter 11. The leaders of the people were
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  living in Jerusalem, the holy city.
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  A tenth of the people from the other towns of Judah and
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  Benjamin were chosen by sacred lots to live there too, while
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  the rest stayed where they were. And the people commended
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  everyone who volunteered to resettle in Jerusalem.
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  Here is the list of the names of the provincial officials who
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  came to live in Jerusalem. Most of the people, priests,
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  Levites, temple servants and descendants of Solomon's
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  servants continued to live in their own homes in the various
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  towns of Judah. But some of the people from
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  Judah and Benjamin resettled in Jerusalem from the tribe of
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  Judah. Attire son of Uzziah, son of
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  Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shepatiah, son of Mahalalel
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  of the family of Perez. Also Marseilla, son of Barack,
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  son of Cole Jose son of Haziah, son of Adiah, son of Joyarib,
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  son of Zechariah of the family of Sheila.
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  There were 468 descendants of Perez who lived in Jerusalem.
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  All outstanding men from the tribe of Benjamin Salu, son of
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  Meshalam, son of Joed, son of Jediah, son of Koliah, son of
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  Marseillah son of Itiel, son of Jeshia.
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  After him were Gabi and Salai and a total of 928 relatives.
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  Their chief officer was Joel son of Zikri, who was assisted by
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  Judah son of Hassanua, second in command over the city from the
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  priests. Jeddiah son of Joya Rib Jackin
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  and Soraya son of Hilkia son of Meshalam son of Zadok son of
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  Morayoth son of Atahab, the supervisor of the Temple of God.
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  Also 822 of their associates who worked at the temple.
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  Also Adyah son of Jeraham son of Palalaya son of Amzi son of
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  Zechariah son of Pashur son of Milkaja along with 242 of his
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  associates who were heads of their families.
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  Also Amashsai son of Azarel son of Azai son of Mushilimoth son
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  of IMA and 128 of his outstanding associates.
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  Their chief officer was Zabdiel son of Haggadolim from the
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  Levites. Shamaya son of Hassab son of
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  Azerakam son of Hashabaya son of Bunai.
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  Also Shabbatai and Josebad were in charge of the work outside
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  the Temple of God. Also Matanaya son of Micah son
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  of Zabdi, a descendant of Asaph, who led in Thanksgiving and
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  prayer. Also Bakbakaya who was
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  Matanaya's assistant, and Abdah son of Shamua son of Galal son
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  of Jedithan. In all, there were 284 Levites
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  in the holy city from the gatekeepers Akub, Talmon and 172
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  of their associates who guarded the gates.
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  The other priests, Levites and the rest of the Israelites lived
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  wherever their family inheritance was located in any
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  of the towns of Judah. The temple servants, however,
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  whose leaders were Zaya and Gisba, all lived on the hill of
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  of Ophel. The chief officer of the Levites
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  in Jerusalem was Uzzai son of Banay, son of Hashabaya son of
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  Matanaya son of Micah, a descendant of Asaph, whose
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  family served as singers at God's Temple.
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  Their daily responsibilities were carried out according to
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  the terms of a royal command. Petahaya son of Meshes, Abel, a
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  descendant of Jera, son of Judah, was the royal advisor in
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  all matters of public administration.
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  As for the surrounding villages with their open fields, some of
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  the people of Judah lived at Kiriath Arbour with its
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  settlements, Dibon with its settlements, and Jacob Zeal with
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  its villages. They also lived in Jeshua,
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  Moladar, Beth Pellet, Hazashuel, Beersheba with its settlements,
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  Ziklag and Makona with its settlements.
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  They also lived in En Rimon, Zora, Jarmouth, Genoa, and
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  Ajalam with their surrounding villages.
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  They also lived in Lakish with its nearby fields and Azakar
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  with its surrounding villages. So the people of Judah were
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  living all the way from Beersheba in the South to the
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  valley of Hinnom. Some of the people of Benjamin
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  lived in Giba, Mikmash, Ija, and Bethel with its settlements.
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  They also lived in Anatoth, Nob, Ananiah, Hazor, Rama, Gitaim,
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  Hadid, Zeboem, Nebulat, Lord Ono, and the valley of
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  Craftsman. Some of the Levites who lived in
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  Judah were sent to live with the tribe of Benjamin.
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  Our Lord. We know that when you make a
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  promise, you are good for it, and you are always true to Your
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  word. And so we can rely on the
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  promises that you make us. When you promise us that we are
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  indeed your dearly beloved children, we know that's the
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  truth. And when you promise that you
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  are preparing a place for us to come and spend eternity with
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  you, we know that that's the truth.
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  And when you promise that there is nothing that could ever
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  separate us from Your love, we know that that's the truth.
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  Thank you for your generosity and your grace to us, and that
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  we can always rely entirely on every word that you speak to us.
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  We are your grateful and loved children, and it's in the name
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  of Jesus that we pray all of these things.
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  Amen.