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Ezra deals with the sacrifice that we all have to make at one point in our lives and how to deal with the choices that must be made when faced with sacrifice. When reading the book of Nehemiah, the reader sees three ideas emerging. First, when reading the word of God, we must pay careful attention to what is being said, so that the content is not misunderstood. Second, there is a recurring theme...

when he returned again to Jerusalem after a period of service in Susa (Neh 13:4–31). Since Jerusalem was thinly populated, Nehemiah enlisted a tenth of the people from the countryside to settle in Jerusalem (Neh 11:1–36); then they dedicated the walls of Jerusalem with a celebration that included sacrificing and choral singing to thank God for his power and faithfulness to them (Neh 12:27–43). In spite of clear instruction from God’s word, when Nehemiah returned to Jerusalem after a brief stay in
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