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Nehemiah 13
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Nehemiah 13:1 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the
people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should
not come into the congregation of God for ever;
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On that day = of which he is about to
write
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Deuteronomy 23:3 An Ammonite or Moabite
shall not enter into the congregation of the
LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they
not enter into the congregation of the LORD for
ever:
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4 Because they met you not with bread
and with water in the way, when ye came
forth out of Egypt; and because they
hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of
Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse
thee.
5 Nevertheless the LORD thy God would
not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy
God turned the curse into a
blessing unto thee, because the LORD
thy God loved thee.
6 Thou shalt not seek their
peace nor their prosperity all thy days for
ever.
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Nehemiah 8:14 And they found written in
the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses,
that the children of Israel should dwell in
booths in the feast of the seventh month:
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Was found written = they came to the place or
passage
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Not a discovery, but in the course of the public
reading
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Moabite = This did not therefore exclude Ruth, a
female, though married to Mahlon before Boaz.
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Congregation = assembly, or muster.
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God = = the true God
2 Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but
hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the
curse into a blessing.
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Numbers 22:38 And Balaam said unto Balak,
Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at
all to say any thing? the word that God putteth
in my mouth, that shall I speak.
3 Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from
Israel all the mixed multitude.
4 And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of
the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah:
5 And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the
meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn,
the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and
the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.
6 But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year
of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days
obtained I leave of the king:
7 And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for
Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.
8 And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of
Tobiah out of the chamber.
9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again
the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the frankincense.
10 And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for
the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his
field.
11 Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken?
And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
12 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil
unto the treasuries.
13 And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok
the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of
Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office
was to distribute unto their brethren.
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Always have two people to collect the money in
your Church
14 Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I
have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.
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Revelation 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and
great, stand before God; and the books were
opened: and another book was opened, which is
the book of life: and the dead were judged out
of those things which were written in the books,
according to their works.
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Dead = these are spiritually dead to God's words
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The only things you can take with you = your
works
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Revelation 14:13 And I heard a voice from
heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are
the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth:
Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from
their labours; and their works do follow
them.
15 In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the Sabbath, and
bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all
manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day: and I
testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.
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Exodus 20:8 Remember the Sabbath day, to
keep it Holy.
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Exodus 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do
all thy work:
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Exodus 20:10 But the seventh day is
the Sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it
thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son,
nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy
maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger
that is within thy gates.
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Isaiah 58:13 If thou turn away thy foot
from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure
on My Holy Day; and call the Sabbath a delight,
the Holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt
honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor
finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking
thine own words:
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Ezekiel 20:13 But the house of
Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness:
they walked not in My statutes,
and they despised My judgments,
which if a man do, he shall even live in
them; and My Sabbaths they greatly
polluted: then I said, I would pour out
my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume
them.
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14 But I wrought for My Name's Sake,
that it should not be polluted before
the heathen, in whose sight I
brought them out.
15 Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the
wilderness, that I would not bring them
into the land which I had given them,
flowing with milk and honey,
which is the glory of all lands;
16 Because they despised My Judgments,
and walked not in my statutes,
but polluted My Sabbaths: for their heart went
after their idols.
17 Nevertheless mine eye spared them from
destroying them, neither did
I make an end of them in the
wilderness.
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Good reading Exodus 20
16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of
ware, and sold on the Sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
17 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil
thing is this that ye do, and profane the Sabbath day?
18 Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us,
and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the
Sabbath.
19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before
the Sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they
should not be opened till after the Sabbath: and some of my servants set I at
the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the Sabbath day.
20 So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem
once or twice.
21 Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the
wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they
no more on the Sabbath.
22 And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that
they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the Sabbath day. Remember me, O
my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy
mercy.
23 In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and
of Moab:
24 And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in
the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.
25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and
plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give
your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for
yourselves.
26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations
was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king
over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.
27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress
against our God in marrying strange wives?
28 And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son
in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.
29 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the
covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
30 Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the
priests and the Levites, every one in his business;
31 And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits.
Remember me, O my God, for good.
• Exactly 2520 years from the exile
of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.
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The first tribe to be
conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh,
in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.
(Leviticus. 26: 28-46) God warned Israel that if they persisted in continually
breaking His Laws, not only would curses come upon them.
He would punish them for seven times, (a time being 360 years, seven times would
be 2520 years) and would banish them from the land of Palestine and scatter them
among the heathens (like lost sheep)
• Study the book:
Abrahamic Covenant,
(A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt
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