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The Moody Bible Commentary brings together 29 Moody Bible Institute faculty to produce a one-volume commentary on the whole Bible. Each book is introduced with a description of its author, date, purpose, and themes, and is outlined to show its overall structure. Drawing on the best evangelical scholarship, the authors provide commentary on sections and passages, communicating the meaning of the...

12:27–30. The dedication of the wall of Jerusalem by the restored priesthood and people of Israel, culminating with the reconsecrated temple, stands as the spiritual climax of the book of Nehemiah. The word dedication (v. 27) in Aramaic is Chanukah. The Jewish holiday of Chanukah is a celebration of the Jewish people’s later recovery and dedication of the temple from the Seleucids (165 BC). That celebration stands in the tradition of the dedication
Nehemiah 12:27–43
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