Reading through Nehemiah for me is like eating comfort food. It reads in many places like a diary and makes life at that time jump off the page. It is so down-to-earth and every day real...it encourages my faith.
Beyond the Horse Gate the priests made repairs, each in front of his own house.
29 After them Zadok the son of Immer made repairs in front of his own house.—3:28
So we built the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work—4:6
And I looked, and arose and said to the nobles, to the leaders, and to the rest of the people, "Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, great and awesome, and fight for your brethren, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses."—4:14
So neither I, my brethren, my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me took off our clothes, except that everyone took them off for washing.—4:23
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