Nehemiah 13:19
When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem, just before the Sabbath, I ordered that the gates be shut and not opened until after the Sabbath. I posted some of my servants at the gates, so that no goods could enter on the Sabbath day.
Chapter Outline
1. Upon the reading of the law, separation is made from the mixed multitude.
4. Nehemiah, at his return, causes the chambers to be cleansed.
10. He reforms the offices in the house of God;
15. the violation of the Sabbath;
23. and the marriages with the strange wives.
Timeline
445 BCNehemiah's Prayer for the ExilesNehemiah 1
444 BCArtaxerxes Sends Nehemiah to JerusalemNehemiah 2
444 BCBuilders of the Walls NamedNehemiah 3
444 BCBuilders Overcome RidiculeNehemiah 4
444 BCNehemiah Abolishes Debt and BondageNehemiah 5
444 BCSanballat's PlotNehemiah 6
444 BCCompletion of the WallNehemiah 6:15
444 BCCensus of Returned ExilesNehemiah 7
444 BCEzra Reads the LawNehemiah 8
444 BCIsraelites Fast and RepentNehemiah 9
444 BCIsraelites Seal the CovenantNehemiah 10
444 BCPeople Settle in JerusalemNehemiah 11, 12
432 BCNehemiah Restores LawsNehemiah 13
Nehemiah 13:18
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