The Voice

Today I read Nehemiah 2:

Nehemiah was sad while he was cup-bearing, so the king asked him about it.

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I read Nehemiah 1:

Nehemiah prayed for and confessed the sins of all the people, including his own father’s family, reminding God of His promise to gather His people back, even from distant exile once they return to Him and obey His commands.

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Today I read Ezra 10:

Ezra wept at Israel’s unfaithfulness, and the families that had married foreign women repented from their disobedience to God’s commands and put away their foreign wives. (Not sure exactly what that means)

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I read Ezra 9:

Many of the exiles have started to adopt the detestable ways of the people around them, bringing impurity into the community, even intermarrying with the foreign cultures and practices.

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Today I read Ezra 8:

Lots of families are listed who came from Babylon, and Levites were also gathered together to go with them. They prayed to God for protection and surveyed the sacrifices and offerings they were also bringing with them.

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