THE TEMPLE

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THE TEMPLE

• SOLOMONS TEMPLE
• SOLOMON FINISHED THE TEMPLE (959 BC)?
• DESTROYED BY NEBUCHADNEZZAR (586 BC)?
• ZERUBBABELS TEMPLE
• RECONSTRUCTION UNDER CYRUS (536 BC)?
• BUILDING CEASES UNDER ARTAXERXES (17 YEARS)?
• BUILDING CONTINUES UNDER DARIUS (519 BC)?
• TEMPLE COMPLETED UNDER DARIUS (516 BC)?
• (516-458 BC)?
• HERODS TEMPLE
• CONSTRUCTION BEGAN (20 BC)?
• COMPLETED 46 YEARS (JOHN 220) (64 AD)?

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CHRONOLOGY OF BOOKS

• OBADIAH (605-585 BC)?
• EZEKIEL (593-571 BC)?
• DANIEL (605-530 BC)?
• EZRA (538-457 BC)?
• ZECHARIAH (520-480 BC)?
• ESTHER (479-478 BC)?
• NEHEMIAH (445-432 BC)?
• MALACHI (440-430 BC)?

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BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY

• NEBUCHADNEZZAR DANIEL 11 (539 BC)?
• CYRUS EZRA 1-3 (538-537 BC)?
• AHASUERUS EZRA 4 (7 MONTHS) (537 BC)?
• DARIUS EZRA 5-6 (536-516 BC)?
• QUEEN ESTHER ESTHER 2-10 (479-478 BC)?
• ARTAXERXES LONGIMANUS (465-424 BC)?
• EZRA 7-10 (458-457 BC)?
• NEHEMIAH 1-13 (445-432 BC)?

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PEOPLE TO REMEMBER

• NEBUCHADNEZZAR - DESTROYED JERUSALEM (586 BC)?
• ARTAXERXES - KING OF PERSIA 465-425 BC?
• LONGIMANUS - SON OF XERXES
• NEHEMIAH - COMFORTED OF YAHWEH
• SON OF HACHALIAH - BROTHER OF HANANI 445-433 BC?
• ADVERSARIES OF NEHEMIAH
• SANBALLAT THE HORONITE - GOVERNOR OF SAMARIA
• TOBIAH THE AMMONITE - JOINT GOVERNOR WITH
  SANBALLAT
• GESHEM THE ARAB - CHIEF OF THE ARABS IN SAMARIA
• ELIASHIB THE HIGH PRIEST
• EZRA THE PRIEST - THE SCRIBE

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OUTLINE NEHEMIAH CHAPTER TEN

• NAMES OF THOSE WHO SEALED THE COVENANT V. 1-27
• PROMISE NOT MARRY THE FOREIGN PEOPLE V. 28-30
• PROMISE TO OBSERVE THE SABBATHS V. 31
• PROMISE TO PROVIDE FOR THE SANCTUARY V. 32-36
• PROMISE TO TITHE TO SUPPORT THE LEVITES V.
  37-39

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READ NEHEMIAH 101-8

• 1 Those who placed their seal on the document
  were Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah,
  and Zedekiah,
• 2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
• 3 Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,
• 4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
• 5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
• 6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
• 7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
• 8 Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the
  priests.

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READ NEHEMIAH 109-17

• 9 The Levites Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui
  of the sons of Henadad, and Kadmiel.
• 10 Their brethren Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita,
  Pelaiah, Hanan,
• 11 Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,
• 12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
• 13 Hodijah, Bani, and Beninu.
• 14 The leaders of the people Parosh,
  Pahath-Moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani,
• 15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
• 16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
• 17 Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,

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READ NEHEMIAH 1018-27

• 18 Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai,
• 19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,
• 20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
• 21 Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,
• 22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
• 23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,
• 24 Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,
• 25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
• 26 Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,
• 27 Malluch, Harim, and Baanah.

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 101-27

• WHO SIGNED THE COVENANT?
• HEZEKIAH THE GOVERNOR
• TWENTY-TWO PRIESTS
• SEVENTEEN LEVITES
• AND FORTY-FOUR OF THEIR BRETHREN
• WHY HAVE ALL THESE MEN SIGN THE COVENANT?

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READ NEHEMIAH 1028-29

• 28 The rest of the people-- the priests, the
  Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the
  Nethinim, and all those who had separated
  themselves from the peoples of the lands to the
  Law of God, their wives, their sons, and their
  daughters, everyone who had knowledge and
  understanding--
• 29 These joined with their brethren, their
  nobles, and entered into a curse and an oath to
  walk in God's Law, which was given by Moses the
  servant of God, to observe and do all the
  commandments of the LORD our Lord, and His
  ordinances and His statutes

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 1028-29

• 28 The rest of the people-- the priests, the
  Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the
  Nethinim, and all those who had separated
  themselves from the peoples of the lands to the
  Law of God, their wives, their sons, and their
  daughters, everyone who had knowledge and
  understanding
• 29 These joined with their brethren, their
  nobles, and entered into a curse and an oath to
  walk in God's Law, which was given by Moses the
  servant of God, to observe and do all the
  commandments of the LORD our Lord, and His
  ordinances and His statutes
• WHO WERE THE REST OF THE PEOPLE?
• WHAT DID THEY AGREE TO DO?

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 1028-29

• HOW HAD THEY SEPARATED THEMSELVES?
• READ EZRA 1010-44
• 10 Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, You
  have transgressed and have taken pagan wives,
  adding to the guilt of Israel.
• 11 Now make confession to the LORD God of your
  fathers, and do His will separate yourselves
  from the peoples of the land and from the pagan
  wives.
• 44 All these had taken pagan wives, and some of
  them had wives by whom they had children. (NKJ)

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 1028-29

• 29 These joined with their brethren, their
  nobles, and entered into a curse and an oath to
  walk in God's Law, which was given by Moses the
  servant of God, to observe and do all the
  commandments of the LORD our Lord, and His
  ordinances and His statutes

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 1028-29

• WHAT WAS THE CURSE AND THE OATH OF THE LAW?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 1126-28
• 26 Behold, I set before you today a blessing and
  a curse
• 27 The blessing, if you obey the commandments of
  the LORD your God which I command you today
• 28 And the curse, if you do not obey the
  commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside
  from the way which I command you today, to go
  after other gods which you have not known.

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READ NEHEMIAH 1030-31

• 30 We would not give our daughters as wives to
  the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters
  for our sons
• 31 If the peoples of the land brought wares or
  any grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we would
  not buy it from them on the Sabbath, or on a holy
  day and we would forego the seventh year's
  produce and the exacting of every debt.

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 1030-31

• 30 We would not give our daughters as wives to
  the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters
  for our sons
• WHY NOT INTER-MARRY?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 72-4

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 1030-31

• WHY NOT INTER-MARRY?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 72-4
• 2 When the LORD your God delivers them over to
  you, you shall conquer them and utterly destroy
  them. You shall make no covenant with them nor
  show mercy to them.
• 3 Nor shall you make marriages with them. You
  shall not give your daughter to their son, nor
  take their daughter for your son.
• 4 For they will turn your sons away from
  following Me, to serve other gods so the anger
  of the LORD will be aroused against you and
  destroy you suddenly. (NKJ)
• WHY DID THE LORD GIVE THIS COMMANDMENT?
• DOES IT APPLY TO US TODAY?

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 1030-31

• 31 If the peoples of the land brought wares or
  any grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we would
  not buy it from them on the Sabbath, or on a holy
  day and we would forego the seventh year's
  produce and the exacting of every debt.
• WHY NOT BARTER ON THE SABBATH DAY?
• READ EXODUS 208-10
• WHAT ABOUT THE SEVENTH YEARS PRODUCE?
• READ LEVITICUS 254-5
• WHAT ABOUT EXACTING EVERY DEBT?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 151-2

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 1030-31

• WHY NOT BARTER ON THE SABBATH?
• READ EXODUS 208-10
• 8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
• 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
• 10 But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD
  your God. In it you shall do no work you, nor
  your son, nor your daughter, nor your male
  servant, nor your female servant, nor your
  cattle, nor your stranger who is within your
  gates. (NKJ)
• WHEN WAS THE SABBATH DAY?
• WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMANDMENT?
• DOES IT APPLY TO US TODAY?

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 1030-31

• WHAT ABOUT THE SEVENTH YEARS PRODUCEW?
• READ LEVITICUS 254-5
• 4 In the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of
  solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to the LORD.
  You shall neither sow your field nor prune your
  vineyard.
• 5 What grows of its own accord of your harvest
  you shall not reap, nor gather the grapes of your
  untended vine, for it is a year of rest for the
  land.
• WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMANDMENT?

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 1030-31

• WHAT ABOUT EXACTING EVERY DEBT?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 151-2
• 1 At the end of every seven years you shall grant
  a release of debts.
• 2 This is the form of the release Every creditor
  who has lent anything to his neighbor shall
  release it, He shall not require it of his
  neighbor or his brother, because it is called the
  LORD'S release.
• WHY DID THE LORD GIVE THIS COMMANDMENT?
• DOES IS APPLY TO US TODAY?

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READ NEHEMIAH 1032-33

• 32 We made ordinances for ourselves, to exact
  from ourselves yearly one-third of a shekel for
  the service of the house of our God
• 33 For the showbread, for the regular grain
  offering, for the regular burnt offering of the
  Sabbaths, the New Moons, and the set feasts for
  the holy things, for the sin offerings to make
  atonement for Israel, and all the work of the
  house of our God.

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 1032-33

• 32 We made ordinances for ourselves, to exact
  from ourselves yearly one-third of a shekel for
  the service of the house of our God
• WHAT OTHER ORDINANCE DID THEY EXACT?
• READ EXODUS 3013
• 13 This is what everyone among those who are
  numbered shall give half a shekel according to
  the shekel of the sanctuary (a shekel is twenty
  gerahs). The half-shekel shall be an offering to
  the LORD. (NKJ)

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 1032-33

• 33 For the showbread, for the regular grain
  offering, for the regular burnt offering of the
  Sabbaths, the New Moons, and the set feasts for
  the holy things, for the sin offerings to make
  atonement for Israel, and all the work of the
  house of our God.
• WHAT WAS THIS TO BE USED FOR?

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READ NEHEMIAH 1034

• 34 We cast lots among the priests, the Levites,
  and the people, for bringing the wood offering
  into the house of our God, according to our
  fathers' houses, at the appointed times year by
  year, to burn on the altar of the LORD our God as
  it is written in the Law.

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 1034

• 34 We cast lots among the priests, the Levites,
  and the people, for bringing the wood offering
  into the house of our God, according to our
  fathers' houses, at the appointed times year by
  year, to burn on the altar of the LORD our God as
  it is written in the Law.
• WHY DID THEY CAST LOTS?
• WHAT WAS THE WOOD TO BE USED FOR?

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 1034

• WHAT WAS THE WOOD TO BE USED FOR?
• READ LEVITICUS 612-13
• 12 The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on
  it. It shall not be put out. The priest shall
  burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt
  offering in order on it. And he shall burn on it
  the fat of the peace offerings.
• 13 A fire shall always be burning on the altar
  it shall never go out. (NKJ)

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READ NEHEMIAH 1035-37

• 35 We made ordinances to bring the firstfruits of
  our ground and the firstfruits of all fruit of
  all trees, year by year, to the house of the
  LORD
• 36 To bring the firstborn of our sons and our
  cattle, as it is written in the Law, and the
  firstborn of our herds and our flocks, to the
  house of our God, to the priests who minister in
  the house of our God
• 37 To bring the firstfruits of our dough, our
  offerings, the fruit from all kinds of trees, the
  new wine and oil, to the priests, to the
  storerooms of the house of our God and to bring
  the tithes of our land to the Levites, for the
  Levites should receive the tithes in all our
  farming communities.

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 1035-37

• 35 We made ordinances to bring the first fruits
  of our ground and the first fruits of all fruit
  of all trees, year by year, to the house of the
  LORD
• 36 To bring the firstborn of our sons and our
  cattle, as it is written in the Law, and the
  firstborn of our herds and our flocks, to the
  house of our God, to the priests who minister in
  the house of our God
• WHAT WAS THE LAW OF THE FIRST FRUITS?
• WHAT WAS THE LAW OF THE FIRST BORN?

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 1035-37

• WHAT IS THE ORDINANCE OF THE FIRST FRUITS?
• READ DEUTERONOMY 262
• 2 You shall take some of the first of all the
  produce of the ground, which you shall bring from
  your land that the LORD your God is giving you,
  and put it in a basket and go to the place where
  the LORD your God chooses to make His name abide.

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 1035-37

• WHAT IS THE LAW OF THE FIRSTBORN?
• READ EXODUS 132
• 2 Consecrate to Me all the firstborn, whatever
  opens the womb among the children of Israel, both
  of man and beast it is Mine. NKJ
• EXODUS 1312
• 12 You shall set apart to the LORD all that open
  the womb, that is, every firstborn that comes
  from an animal which you have the males shall be
  the LORD'S. (NKJ)
• EXODUS 3419
• 19 All that open the womb are Mine, every male
  firstborn among your livestock, whether ox or
  sheep. (NKJ)
• WHAT IS THE FIRSTBORN?
• WHO DOES IT BELONG TO? WHY?

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 1035-37

• WHY DO ALL THE FIRSTBORN BELONG TO GOD?
• READ EXODUS 1315
• 15 It came to pass, when Pharaoh was stubborn
  about letting us go, that the LORD killed all the
  firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the
  firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast.
  Therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all males that
  open the womb, but all the firstborn of my sons I
  redeem.

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 1035-37

• 37 To bring the first fruits of our dough, our
  offerings, the fruit from all kinds of trees, the
  new wine and oil, to the priests, to the
  storerooms of the house of our God and to bring
  the tithes of our land to the Levites, for the
  Levites should receive the tithes in all our
  farming communities.
• WHAT FIRSTFRUITS DID THEY BRING?
• WHAT DID THEY TITHE?
• WHY TO THE PRIESTS AND LEVITES?

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 1035-37

• WHY GIVE TITHES TO THE LEVITES?
• READ NUMBERS 1821
• 21 Behold, I have given the children of Levi all
  the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return
  for the work which they perform, the work of the
  tabernacle of meeting. (NKJ)

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READ NEHEMIAH 1038-39

• 38 The priest, the descendant of Aaron, shall be
  with the Levites when the Levites receive tithes
  and the Levites shall bring up a tenth of the
  tithes to the house of our God, to the rooms of
  the storehouse.
• 39 The children of Israel and the children of
  Levi shall bring the offering of the grain, of
  the new wine and the oil, to the storerooms where
  the articles of the sanctuary are, where the
  priests who minister and the gatekeepers and the
  singers are and we will not neglect the house of
  our God. (NKJ)

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 1038-39

• 38 The priest, the descendant of Aaron, shall be
  with the Levites when the Levites receive tithes.
  And the Levites shall bring up a tenth of the
  tithes to the house of our God, to the rooms of
  the storehouse.
• WHO ARE THE DESCENDENTS OF AARON?
• THE HIGH PRIESTS?
• WHO ARE THE LEVITES?
• THE DESCEDENTS OF LEVI?
• WHAT SHOULD THE LEVITES TITHE?

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 1038-39

• WHAT SHOULD THE LEVITES TITHE?
• READ NUMBERS 1826
• 26 Speak thus to the Levites, and say to them
  When you take from the children of Israel the
  tithes which I have given you from them as your
  inheritance, then you shall offer up a heave
  offering of it to the LORD, a tenth of the tithe.

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 1038-39

• 39 The children of Israel and the children of
  Levi shall bring the offering of the grain, of
  the new wine and the oil, to the storerooms where
  the articles of the sanctuary are, where the
  priests who minister and the gatekeepers and the
  singers are and we will not neglect the house of
  our God. (NKJ)
• WHAT DID THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL
• AND THE CHILDREN OF LEVI DO?
• DID THEY ALL TITHE?
• WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF TITHING?

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QUESTIONS NEHEMIAH 1038-39

• WHY DID THEY TITHE?
• READ MALACHI 38-10
• 8 Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But
  you say, In what way have we robbed You? In
  tithes and offerings.
• 9 You are cursed with a curse, for you have
  robbed Me, even this whole nation.
• 10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that
  there may be food in My house, and try Me now in
  this, says the LORD of hosts, If I will not open
  for you the windows of heaven and pour out for
  you such blessing that there will not be room
  enough to receive it. (NKJ)

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WHO WAS COMMANDED TO TITHE?

• HOW SHOULD WE GIVE TO THE LORD?
• READ 1 CORINTHIANS 162
• 2 On the first day of the week let each one of
  you lay something aside, storing up as he may
  prosper, that there be no collections when I
  come. (NKJ)
• READ 2 CORINTHIANS 97-8
• 7 So let each one give as he purposes in his
  heart, not grudgingly or of necessity for God
  loves a cheerful giver.
• 8 God is able to make all grace abound toward
  you, that you, always having all sufficiency in
  all things, may have an abundance for every good
  work. (NKJ)

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