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Nehemiah · read by Stan Ford
56 verses, in order. Only the verses Stan read aloud are shown.
Nehemiah 1
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And they told me, "The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire."Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-09 Nehemiah - His Problem
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When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-09 Nehemiah - His Problem
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Then I said: "O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-09 Nehemiah - His Problem
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let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father's house have sinned.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-09 Nehemiah - His Problem
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We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-09 Nehemiah - His Problem
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Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, 'If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations,Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-09 Nehemiah - His Problem
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but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.'Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-09 Nehemiah - His Problem
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They are Your servants and Your people. You redeemed them by Your great power and mighty hand.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-09 Nehemiah - His Problem
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O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man." (At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-09 Nehemiah - His Problem
Nehemiah 2
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so the king said to me, "Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart." I was overwhelmed with fearRead from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-10 Nehemiah - His Plan
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"What is your request?" replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heavenRead from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-10 Nehemiah - His Plan
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and answered the king, "If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city where my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it."Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-10 Nehemiah - His Plan
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Then the king, with the queen seated beside him, asked me, "How long will your journey take, and when will you return?" So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-10 Nehemiah - His Plan
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I also said to him, "If it pleases the king, may letters be given to me for the governors west of the Euphrates, so that they will grant me safe passage until I reach Judah.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-10 Nehemiah - His Plan
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And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king's forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy." And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-10 Nehemiah - His Plan
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Then I went to the governors west of the Euphrates and gave them the king's letters. The king had also sent army officers and cavalry with me.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-10 Nehemiah - His Plan
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After I had arrived in Jerusalem and had been there three days,Read from NASB1995 · Bristol Conference 1975-11 Nehemiah - His Plan
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I set out at night with a few men. I did not tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal with me was the one on which I was riding.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-11 Nehemiah - His Plan
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So I went out at night through the Valley Gate toward the Well of the Serpent and the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the gates that had been destroyed by fire.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-11 Nehemiah - His Plan
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Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and the King's Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to get through;Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-11 Nehemiah - His Plan
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so I went up the valley by night and inspected the wall. Then I headed back and reentered through the Valley Gate.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-11 Nehemiah - His Plan
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The officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, for I had not yet told the Jews or priests or nobles or officials or any other workers.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-11 Nehemiah - His Plan
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Then I said to them, "You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace."Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-11 Nehemiah - His Plan
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I also told them about the gracious hand of my God upon me, and what the king had said to me. "Let us start rebuilding," they replied, and they set their hands to this good work.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-11 Nehemiah - His Plan
Nehemiah 4
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So we rebuilt the wall until all of it was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-12 Nehemiah - His Plan
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When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious,Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-12 Nehemiah - His Plan
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and all of them conspired to come and fight against Jerusalem and create a hindrance.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-12 Nehemiah - His Plan
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So we prayed to our God and posted a guard against them day and night.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-12 Nehemiah - His Plan
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Meanwhile, the people of Judah said: "The strength of the laborer fails, and there is so much rubble that we will never be able to rebuild the wall."Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-12 Nehemiah - His Plan
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And our enemies said, "Before they know or see a thing, we will come into their midst, kill them, and put an end to the work."Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-12 Nehemiah - His Plan
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At that time the Jews who lived nearby came and told us ten times over, "Wherever you turn, they will attack us."Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-12 Nehemiah - His Plan
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So I stationed men behind the lowest sections of the wall, at the vulnerable areas. I stationed them by families with their swords, spears, and bows.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-12 Nehemiah - His Plan
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After I had made an inspection, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, "Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes."Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-12 Nehemiah - His Plan
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When our enemies heard that we were aware of their scheme and that God had frustrated it, each of us returned to his own work on the wall.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-12 Nehemiah - His Plan
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And from that day on, half of my servants did the work while the other half held spears, shields, bows, and armor. The officers stationed themselves behind all the people of JudahRead from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-12 Nehemiah - His Plan
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And each of the builders worked with his sword strapped at his side. But the trumpeter stayed beside me.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-12 Nehemiah - His Plan
Nehemiah 5
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About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-13 Nehemiah - His Progress
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Some were saying, "We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive."Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-13 Nehemiah - His Progress
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Others were saying, "We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine."Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-13 Nehemiah - His Progress
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So I continued, "What you are doing is not right. Shouldn't you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-13 Nehemiah - His Progress
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I, as well as my brothers and my servants, have been lending the people money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-13 Nehemiah - His Progress
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Please restore to them immediately their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, along with the percentage of the money, grain, new wine, and oil that you have been assessing them."Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-13 Nehemiah - His Progress
Nehemiah 6
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When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left—though to that time I had not yet installed the doors in the gates—Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-13 Nehemiah - His Progress
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and you have even appointed prophets in Jerusalem to proclaim on your behalf: 'There is a king in Judah.' Soon these rumors will reach the ears of the king. So come, let us confer together."Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-13 Nehemiah - His Progress
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For they were all trying to frighten us, saying, "Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will never be finished." But now, my God, strengthen my hands.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-13 Nehemiah - His Progress
Nehemiah 7
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When the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-13 Nehemiah - His Progress
Nehemiah 8
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On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could listen and understand.Read from KJV · The Four W's 01 the Word of God
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Ezra opened the book in full view of all the people, since he was standing above them all, and as he opened it, all the people stood up.Read from KJV · The Four W's 01 the Word of God
Nehemiah 13
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In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-14 Nehemiah
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Additionally, men of Tyre who lived there were importing fish and all kinds of merchandise and selling them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah in Jerusalem.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-14 Nehemiah
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Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, "What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day?Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-14 Nehemiah
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Did not your forefathers do the same things, so that our God brought all this disaster on us and on this city? And now you are rekindling His wrath against Israel by profaning the Sabbath!"Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-14 Nehemiah
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When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem, just before the Sabbath, I ordered that the gates be shut and not opened until after the Sabbath. I posted some of my servants at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-14 Nehemiah
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Once or twice, the merchants and those who sell all kinds of goods camped outside Jerusalem,Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-14 Nehemiah
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but I warned them, "Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I will lay hands on you." From that time on, they did not return on the Sabbath.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-14 Nehemiah
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Then I instructed the Levites to purify themselves and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this as well, O my God, and show me mercy according to Your abundant loving devotion.Read from KJV · Bristol Conference 1975-14 Nehemiah