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Nehemiah 9:20

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

Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.

Nehemiah 9:20 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Nehemiah 9:20

Theological / Devotional

Thy good spirit. The “good spirit” of God is mentioned also in Psalm 143:10, and the fact of God’s instructing and teaching men, in Psalm 32:8. Instruction by God’s Spirit is nowhere else distinctly mentioned in the Old Testament, but is implied in Numbers 11:17, 25, where God endowed the 70 elders with the Spirit of prophecy.

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