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Nehemiah 12:36

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them.

Nehemiah 12:36 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Nehemiah 12:36

Theological / Devotional

Musical instruments. See Neh. 12:27; cf. 2 Chron. 29:26; 1 Chron. 15:16; 23:5; Ezra 3:10.

Ezra the scribe. Ezra was the leader of the entire company. He had returned from Babylon 13 years before Nehemiah (Ezra 7; Neh. 2:1), and is also found as the spiritual leader of the people during the ceremonies of the 7th month (Neh. 8:1-15).

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