May 22, 2025, Nehemiah 8:13-18
May 22, 2025, Nehemiah 8:13-18
13 On the
second day the heads of fathers' houses of all the people, with the priests and
the Levites, came together to Ezra the scribe in order to study the words of
the Law. 14 And they found it written in the Law
that the Lord had
commanded by Moses that the people of Israel should dwell in
booth during the feast of the seventh month, 15 and
that they should proclaim it and publish it in all their towns and in
Jerusalem, “Go out to the hills and bring branches of olive, wild olive,
myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees to make booths, as it is written.” 16 So
the people went out and brought them and made booths for themselves,
each on his roof, and in their courts and in the courts of the house of
God, and in the square at the Water Gate and in the square at the
Gate of Ephraim. 17 And all the assembly of those
who had returned from the captivity made booths and lived in the booths, for
from the days of Jeshua the son of Nun to that day the people of Israel
had not done so. And there was very great rejoicing. 18 And
day by day, from the first day to the last day, he read from the Book of
the Law of God. They kept the feast seven days, and on the eighth day
there was a solemn assembly, according to the rule.
I loved how the people
found in the Law the obedience God desired and how they immediately were given
instructions by the priests according to the law. I love how there was great
rejoicing.
When was the last time you
rejoiced over the acts of obedience to God’s word?
Debbie Walker
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