Think & Act Biblically
Thursday: Numbering the People
09/18/2025
2. Jews who were laymen (vv. 8-38). This is a long and numerically significant list, as might be expected. It is in two parts. The first part lists eighteen individuals from whom the then living descendants came. The second part lists twenty towns in which the returning exiles settled. The introduct
Wednesday: Key Appointments
09/17/2025
Nehemiah's first step after having completed the rebuilding of the wall was to make a few key appointments. The first verses of chapter 7 tell us about three general categories of appointments (gatekeepers, singers and Levites) and two specific ones: his brother Hanani as the civil leader of Jerusal
Tuesday: Consolidating and Preparing
09/16/2025
Yesterday, we said that the first thing Nehemiah did after the wall was completed was give glory to God.Second, as Nehemiah reports his achievement, he does not allow success to blind him to his continuing problems. Or, to put it another way, he does not pretend that his success was greater than it