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Let’s get started with J.G. McConville’s commentary on Chapter 9:
“It was right to celebrate God’s goodness to the returned exiles in enabling Jerusalem to be built. Their leaders however …
Read MorePicking up J.G. McConville’s commentary from pg. # 115, under (ii):
“This chapter is the most important, however, for its picture of Israel at worship. The buzz of excitement at …
Read MoreLet’s proceed with excerpts from this edifying commentary from J.G. McConville starting on pg. # 110:
“… The inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem stand at the end of the long process, …
Read MoreI give you excerpts of “Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther” commentary, by J.G. McConville:
“Ever since the days of Zerubbabel, we have been accustomed to reading of the difficulties put in the …
Read More“Let the righteous one strike me — it is an act of faithful love; let him rebuke me — it is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. …
Read MoreNext Wednesday, we finish our Nehemiah study with day 346, Chapters 10 through 13. I would like to refer you to two prior cycle posts for today’s reading: …
Read MoreThe first time I read through the Bible in a year over 25 years ago, I thought it was a challenge. Now , that part is easy. The difficult …
Read MorePrior cycle posts: 1) 01/28/2024 – Verses 3:10 / 3: 18 -12 (*tithing) // 2) 04/17/2021 – a book of Malachi summary introduction through “Halley’s Bible Handbook”
(*tithing): An …
Read MoreVerse commentary is from “The Apologetics Study Bible”:
Psalm 137 – “Lament of Exiles”
“137: 7-9. The language of these verses jars the sensitivities of the modern reader, especially one who has …
Read MoreIn our first cycle of the Semikkah7 read through the Bible, we have a post dated 04/14/2021 that provides a summary introduction to the Book of Nehemiah, along with commentary …
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