daily reading 44.2 (Nehemiah 3:22–32)

5-days-a-week through Daniel and other late OT books in 2023


Our opening prayer for this week:

Though I may speak with bravest fire
And have the gift to all inspire
And have not love, my words are vain—
As sounding brass— and hopeless gain.

Though I may give all I possess
And, striving so, my love profess
But not be given by love within,
The profit soon turns strangely thin.

Come, Spirit, come; our hearts control.
Our spirits long to be made whole. 
Let inward love guide every deed.
By this we worship and are freed. Amen.

 

Nehemiah 3:22–32

  • Next to Baruch the priests from the surrounding area made repairs. 
  • 23 After them Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs opposite their house. Beside them Azariah son of Maaseiah, son of Ananiah, made repairs beside his house.
  • 24 After him Binnui son of Henadad made repairs to another section, from the house of Azariah to the Angle and the corner.
  • 25 Palal son of Uzai made repairs opposite the Angle and tower that juts out from the king's upper palace, by the courtyard of the guard. Beside him Pedaiah son of Parosh 26 and the temple servants living on Ophel made repairs opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the tower that juts out.
  • 27 Next to him the Tekoites made repairs to another section from a point opposite the great tower that juts out, as far as the wall of Ophel.
  • 28 Each of the priests made repairs above the Horse Gate, each opposite his own house.
  • 29 After them Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house. And beside him Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, guard of the East Gate, made repairs.
  • 30 Next to him Hananiah son of Shelemiah and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph made repairs to another section. After them Meshullam son of Berechiah made repairs opposite his room.
  • 31 Next to him Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs to the house of the temple servants and the merchants, opposite the Inspection Gate, and as far as the upstairs room on the corner.
  • 32 The goldsmiths and merchants made repairs between the upstairs room on the corner and the Sheep Gate.
Helpful notes on Nehemiah 3:22–32 



For yourself pray:

  • That Jesus gives you firm faith in his blood so that you don't boast at all about your salvation or worry about it at all

For others pray:

  • That God gives your congregation a spirit of cooperation by his Spirit

A psalm to listen to and ponder, as time allows:

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