Book of 以斯拉记•简体中文合和本
Chapters for 以斯拉记
Introduction to 以斯拉记
Outline
- Nehemiah Returns to Jerusalem to Rebuild Its Walls (1:1-2:20)
- Nehemiah learns of Jerusalem’s dilapidation (1:1-11)
- Nehemiah gains permission to return and inspects Jerusalem’s walls (2:1-16)
- First signs of opposition (2:17-20)
- The Wall Is Built, Despite Difficulties (3:1-7:4)
- The people work systematically on the walls (3:1-32)
- Opposition intensifies, but the people continue watchfully (4:1-23)
- Nehemiah deals with injustices in the community; Nehemiah’s personal contribution to the project (5:1-19)
- A conspiracy against Nehemiah, but the wall is finished (6:1-7:4)
- A Record of Those Who Returned from Exile (7:5-73)
- The Reading of the Law, and Covenant Renewal (8:1-10:39)
- The law is read (8:1-8)
- The people are to be joyful (8:9-12)
- The people keep the Feast of Booths (8:13-18)
- A prayer of confession, penitence, and covenant commitment (9:1-38)
- Signatories and specific commitments (10:1-39)
- The Population of Jerusalem and the Villages; Priests and Levites (11:1-12:43)
- Those who lived in Jerusalem and the villages of Judah (11:1-36)
- High priests and leading Levites since the time of Zerubbabel (12:1-26)
- Dedication of the walls (12:27-43)
- Nehemiah Deals with Problems in the Community (12:44-13:31)
- The administration of offerings for the temple (12:44-47)
- Ejection of Tobiah the Ammonite from the temple (13:1-9)
- Dealing with neglect of the offerings (13:10-14)
- Dealing with Sabbath breaking (13:15-22)
- The problem of intermarriage again (13:23-29)
- Summary of Nehemiah’s temple reforms (13:30-31)