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the Week of Proper 18 / Ordinary 23
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Contemporary English Version

Nehemiah 9:14

You commanded them to respect your holy Sabbath, and you instructed your servant Moses to teach them your laws.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Law;   Sabbath;   Sin;   Thankfulness;   Scofield Reference Index - Sabbath;   The Topic Concordance - Giving and Gifts;   Guidance;   Living Waters;   Servants;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prayer, Public;   Privileges of Saints;   Sabbath, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ezra;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Covenant;   Time;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Prayer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezra, Book of;   Nehemiah;   Providence;   Salvation;   Truth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the Old Testament;   Ezra;   Ezra, Book of;   Love, Lover, Lovely, Beloved;   Nehemiah, Book of;   Prayer;   Synagogue;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Prayer;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Eleazar B. Abina;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You revealed your holy Sabbath to them,and gave them commands, statutes, and instructionthrough your servant Moses.
Hebrew Names Version
and mad known to them your holy Shabbat, and commanded them mitzvot, and statutes, and a law, by Moshe your servant,
King James Version
And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
English Standard Version
and you made known to them your holy Sabbath and commanded them commandments and statutes and a law by Moses your servant.
New Century Version
You told them about your holy Sabbath and gave them commands, orders, and teachings through your servant Moses.
New English Translation
You made known to them your holy Sabbath; you issued commandments, statutes, and law to them through Moses your servant.
Amplified Bible
"So You made known to them Your holy Sabbath, And gave them commandments, statutes, and law, Through Your servant Moses.
New American Standard Bible
"So You made known to them Your holy Sabbath, And gave them commandments, statutes, and law, Through Your servant Moses.
World English Bible
and mad known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses your servant,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And declaredst vnto them thine holy Sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, and ordinances, and lawes, by the hande of Moses thy seruant:
Legacy Standard Bible
So You made known to them Your holy sabbath,And commanded to them commandments, statutes and law,By the hand of Your servant Moses.
Berean Standard Bible
You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath, and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.
Complete Jewish Bible
You revealed to them your holy Shabbat and gave them mitzvot, laws and the Torah through Moshe your servant.
Darby Translation
And thou madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and prescribedst for them commandments and statutes and a law, through Moses thy servant.
Easy-to-Read Version
You told them about your special day of rest—the Sabbath. Through your servant Moses, you gave them commands, laws, and teachings.
George Lamsa Translation
And thou didst make known to them thy holy sabbath and commandments and statutes and laws which thou commandedst by the hand of Moses thy servant;
Good News Translation
You taught them to keep your Sabbaths holy, and through your servant Moses you gave them your laws.
Lexham English Bible
You made known your holy Sabbath to them and gave them commandments, regulations, and law by the hand of your servant Moses.
Literal Translation
And You made Your holy sabbath known to them, and You commanded commandments, statutes, and laws, to them by the hand of Your servant Moses.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and declared vnto them thy holy Sabbath, and commaunded them preceptes, ordinaunces, and lawes, by Moses thy seruaunt:
American Standard Version
and madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses thy servant,
Bible in Basic English
And you gave them word of your holy Sabbath, and gave them orders and rules and a law, by the hand of Moses your servant:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And declaredst vnto them thy holy Sabbath, and commaundedst them preceptes, ordinaunces, and lawes, by the hande of Moyses thy seruaunt:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and madest known unto them Thy holy sabbath, and didst command them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by the hand of Moses Thy servant;
King James Version (1611)
And madest knowen vnto them thy holy Sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and lawes, by the hand of Moses thy seruant:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou didst make known to them thy holy sabbath; thou didst enjoin upon them commandments, and ordinances, and a law, by the hand of thy servant Moses.
English Revised Version
and madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thou schewidist to hem an halewid sabat; and thou comaundidist `to hem comaundementis, and cerymonyes, and lawe, in the hond of Moises, thi seruaunt.
Update Bible Version
and made known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses your slave,
Webster's Bible Translation
And madest known to them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
New King James Version
You made known to them Your holy Sabbath, And commanded them precepts, statutes and laws, By the hand of Moses Your servant.
New Living Translation
You instructed them concerning your holy Sabbath. And you commanded them, through Moses your servant, to obey all your commands, decrees, and instructions.
New Life Bible
You made known to them Your holy Day of Rest, and gave them Laws through Your servant Moses.
New Revised Standard
and you made known your holy sabbath to them and gave them commandments and statutes and a law through your servant Moses.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, thy holy sabbath, didst thou make known to them, - and, commandments and statutes and a law, didst thou command them, through Moses thy servant.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou madest known to them thy holy sabbath, and didst prescribe to them commandments, and ceremonies, and the law by the hand of Moses thy servant.
Revised Standard Version
and thou didst make known to them thy holy sabbath and command them commandments and statutes and a law by Moses thy servant.
Young's Literal Translation
And Thy holy sabbath Thou hast made known to them, and commands, and statutes, and law, Thou hast commanded for them, by the hand of Moses Thy servant;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"So You made known to them Your holy sabbath, And laid down for them commandments, statutes and law, Through Your servant Moses.

Contextual Overview

4 Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani stood on the special platform for the Levites and prayed aloud to the Lord their God. 5 Then the Levites Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said: "Stand and shout praises to your Lord , the eternal God! Praise his wonderful name, though he is greater than words can express." 6 You alone are the Lord , Creator of the heavens and all the stars, Creator of the earth and those who live on it, Creator of the ocean and all its creatures. You are the source of life, praised by the stars that fill the heavens. 7 You are the Lord our God, the one who chose Abram— you brought him from Ur in Babylonia and named him Abraham. 8 Because he was faithful, you made an agreement to give his descendants the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, and of the Jebusites and Girgashites. Now you have kept your promise, just as you always do. 9 When our ancestors were in Egypt, you saw their suffering; when they were at the Red Sea, you heard their cry for help. 10 You knew that the King of Egypt and his officials and his nation had mistreated your people. So you worked fearsome miracles against the Egyptians and earned a reputation that still remains. 11 You divided the deep sea, and your people walked through on dry land. But you tossed their enemies in, and they sank down like a heavy stone. 12 Each day you led your people with a thick cloud, and at night you showed the way with a flaming fire. 13 At Sinai you came down from heaven, and you gave your people good laws and teachings that are fair and honest.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

madest: Genesis 2:3, Exodus 16:29, Exodus 20:8-11, Ezekiel 20:12, Ezekiel 20:20

commandedst: Exodus 21:1 - Exodus 23:33, Leviticus 27:34, Deuteronomy 4:5, Deuteronomy 4:45, Deuteronomy 5:31

Moses: Nehemiah 1:8, John 1:17

Reciprocal: Exodus 16:25 - General Exodus 18:20 - teach Exodus 31:13 - a sign Exodus 31:14 - keep Leviticus 10:11 - General Leviticus 15:2 - unto the Leviticus 23:14 - it shall be 2 Kings 17:37 - wrote for you Psalms 103:7 - He made Psalms 119:66 - I Have Ezekiel 18:9 - walked Ezekiel 20:11 - I gave Ezekiel 20:19 - walk Hosea 8:12 - written Mark 2:27 - General Mark 12:1 - and set Acts 7:38 - who Romans 2:18 - knowest Romans 3:2 - because Romans 9:4 - the giving Hebrews 3:5 - as Revelation 15:3 - the servant

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath,.... Which was not made known to others, and was peculiar to the Jewish nation, and a privilege granted to them, to have rest corporeal and spiritual, typical of the rest in Christ:

and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant; moral, ceremonial, and judicial, such as other nations had not, Deuteronomy 4:8.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 14. Madest known unto them thy holy Sabbath — They appear to have forgotten this first of all the commandments of God, during their sojourning in Egypt.


 
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