Scholars Crossing A One-Line Introduction to the Paragraphs of the Bible A Guide to the Systematic Study of the Bible 6-2018 Paragraphs of the Bible: Nehemiah 8-13 Harold Willmington Liberty University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/intro_paragraphs_bible Part of the Biblical Studies Commons, Christianity Commons, and the Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion Commons Recommended Citation Willmington, Harold, "Paragraphs of the Bible: Nehemiah 8-13" (2018). A One-Line Introduction to the Paragraphs of the Bible. 65. https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/intro_paragraphs_bible/65 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the A Guide to the Systematic Study of the Bible at Scholars Crossing. It has been accepted for inclusion in A One-Line Introduction to the Paragraphs of the Bible by an authorized administrator of Scholars Crossing. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ARTICLE FORTY-EIGHT PARAGRAPHS OF THE BIBLE – NEHEMIAH 8-13 EIGHT A. Read and explained by the Water Gate (8:1-8) B. A day to be glad, not sad (8:9-12) C. Home sweet home for seven days! (8:13-18) NINE A. One fourth of the day reading; one fourth repenting and rejoicing (9:1-5) B. The prayer of the eight: From Abraham through the Exodus (9:6-21) C. The prayer of the eight: From the Conquest to the Return (9:22-31) D. The prayer of the eight: Our present situation (9:32-37) E. “Let’s make a deal!” (9:38) TEN A. The names on a special covenant (10:1-29) B. The nature of the covenant (10:30-39) ELEVEN A. One out of ten moved in (11:1-2) B. Duties of the ten percent (11:3-24) C. Where the ninety percent lived (11:25-36) TWELVE A. A final record of those who returned (12:1-26) B. They all came for the celebration (12:27-30) C. What a sight! Two groups on the wall, marching to music (12:31-42) D. Jerusalem’s joy was heard from afar (12:43) E. Duties of the money men and the musicians (12:44-47) THIRTEEN A. The priest who permitted a pagan in the temple (13:1-5) B. The prophet who pitched him out (13:6-9) C. The Levites had been left out and the singers weren’t singing (13:10-14) D. “Don’t sell on the Sabbath,” he said (13:15-22) E. Talk about righteous indignation! (13:23-27) F. He both purged and purified as needed (13:28-31) .