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October 15 - Nehemiah 3 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello, friends, it's Sean here. It's Tuesday.
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  It's the 15th of October, and I'm so glad to have your
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  company. Thanks for inviting me into your
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  day or your evening or your early morning or wherever you
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  are right now. So good that you and I can do
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  what we do. We can read another chapter of
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  God's word. And boy, we are reading the
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  story about literally a man on a mission to get those walls of
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  Jerusalem rebuilt. And you might be tempted to
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  think this is a story all about Nehemiah and his mission, but
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  actually this is a story about God and his faithfulness.
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  So as you read this and you hear all about what he is getting up
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  to, let the lens of your listening ears be open to where
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  is God? How is he moving in the story?
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  And what provisions does He bring so that His people can
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  finally be restored just as He promised they would be?
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  Our God is a good God, and this is a great story of God's
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  provision. So let us continue with it as He
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  continues to get His job done. As we read together Nehemiah
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  chapter 3, then the liarship, the high
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  priest and the other high priests started to rebuild the
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  sheep gate. They dedicated it and set up its
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  doors, building the wall as far as the tower of the 100, which
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  they dedicated and the tower of Hananel.
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  People from the town of Jericho worked with them, and beyond
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  them was Zakhar, son of Imri. The fish gate was built by the
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  sons of Hassanar. They laid the beams, set up its
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  doors, and installed its bolts and bars.
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  Merrimoth, son of Uriah and grandson of Hakkoz repaired the
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  next section of the wall. Beside him were Meshalam, son of
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  Berechaya and grandson of Meshazabel, and then Zadok, son
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  of Baina. Next were the people of Toccoa,
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  though their leaders refused to work with the construction
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  supervisors. The old city gate was repaired
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  by Joyeda, son of Pasia and Meshalam son of Besidea.
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  They laid the beams, set up its doors and installed its bolts
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  and bars. Next to them were Mel Attire
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  from Gibeon, Jayden from Meronoth, people from Gibeon,
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  and people from Mizpah, the headquarters of the governor of
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  the province West of the Euphrates River.
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  Next was Uziel, son of Hariya, a Goldsmith by trade, who also
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  worked on the wall. Beyond him was Hananiah, a
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  manufacturer of perfumes. They left out a section of
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  Jerusalem as they built the broad wall.
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  Raphaia, son of her, the leader of half the district of
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  Jerusalem, was next to them on the wall.
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  Next, Jediah son of Haramath repaired the wall across from
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  his own house, and next to him was Hatish, son of Hashab Naya.
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  Then came Melchajar son of Haram and Hasab son of Pahath Moab,
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  who repaired another section of the wall and the tower of the
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  Ovens. Shalom son of Halahesh and his
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  daughters repaired the next section.
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  He was the leader of the other half of the district of
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  Jerusalem. The Valley Gate was repaired by
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  the people from Zenoa, led by Hannan.
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  They set up its doors and installed its bolts and bars.
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  They also repaired the 1500 feet of wall to the Dung Gate.
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  The Dung Gate was repaired by Malkaja, son of Recap, the
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  leader of the Beth Hakaram district.
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  He rebuilt it, set up its doors, and installed its bolts and
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  bars. The foundation gate was repaired
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  by Shalom, son of Coal Jose, the leader of the Mizpah district.
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  He rebuilt it, roofed it, set up its doors, and installed its
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  bolts and bars. Then he repaired the wall of the
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  Pool of Siloam near the King's garden, and he rebuilt the wall
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  as far as the stairs that descended from the city of
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  David. Next to him was Nehemiah, son of
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  Asbach, the leader of half the district of Bethzer.
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  He rebuilt the wall from a place across the tombs of David's
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  family as far as the water reservoir and the House of the
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  warriors. Next to him, repairs were made
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  by a group of Levites working under the supervision of Rayham,
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  son of Banai. Then came Hashabaya, the leader
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  of half the district of Kayla, who supervised the building of
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  the wall on behalf of his own district.
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  Next down the line were his countrymen, led by Benoui, son
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  of Henedad, the leader of the other half of the district of
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  Kayla. Next to them, Ezza, son of
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  Jesua, the leader of Mizpah, repaired another section of wall
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  across from the ascent to the armoury near the angle in the
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  wall. Next to him was Barrack, son of
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  Zabai, who jealously repaired an additional section from the
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  angle to the door of the House of Eliashib.
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  The high priest Merrimoth, son of Uriah and grandson of Hakoz,
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  rebuilt another section of the wall extending from the door of
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  Eliahship's house to the end of the house.
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  The next repairs were made by the priests from the surrounding
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  region. After them, Benjamin and Hassab
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  repaired the section across from their house, and Azariah, son of
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  Marseilla and grandson of Ananiah, repaired the section
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  across from his house. Next was Binuai son of Hennidad,
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  who rebuilt another section of the wall from Azariah's house to
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  the angle and the corner. Palau son of Uzay carried on the
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  work from a point opposite the angle and the tower that
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  projects up from the King's upper house beside the Court of
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  the Guard. Next to him were Padaya son of
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  Pirosh, with the temple servants living on the hill of Ofel, who
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  repaired the wall as far as a point across from the Watergate
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  to the east of the projecting tower.
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  Then came the people of Tokoa, who repaired another section
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  across from the great projecting tower and over to the wall of
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  Ofel above the horse gate. The priests repaired the wall.
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  Each one repaired the section immediately across from his own
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  house. Next, Zadok, son of IMA, also
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  rebuilt the wall across from his own house, and beyond him was
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  Shamaya, son of Zecheniah, the gatekeeper of the Eastgate.
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  Next, Hananiah, son of Shalimaya, and Hanan, the sixth
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  son of Zaleph, repaired another section, while Meshalom, son of
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  Berechiah, rebuilt the wall across from where he lived.
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  Malcaja, one of the Goldsmiths, repaired the wall as far as the
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  housing for the temple servants and merchants across from the
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  inspection gate. Then he continued as far as the
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  upper room at the corner. The other Goldsmiths and
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  merchants repaired the wall from that corner to the sheep gate.
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  Our Lord, you and your people do not live in a vacuum.
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  This story does not exist out of time and space, but in this very
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  specific space with these families who you empowered and
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  made provisions so that they could rebuild the wall to
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  protect their own homes and your city.
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  Ah Lord, thank you that you are an active God, that you step
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  into our world and you are alive and well, moving in our lives
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  now. Lord, I wonder what you're going
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  to do in our day today. I wonder where you will prompt
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  us. I wonder what specific
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  provisions you have already planned to be amongst us,
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  blessing us without us even realising.
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  Lord, thank you for the way that you do love us in 1000 different
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  ways, many of which we will never even know.
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  But we thank you for your provisions for us and for
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  inviting us to be a part of your mission, bringing about your
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  Kingdom in the world around us. We love you and we are so
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  grateful for all that you have done and all that you continue
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  to do for us. We lift you up and place your
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  name above every other name in our lives, now and forever.
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  In Jesus name we pray this. Amen.