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Nehemiah 9:13

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“You came down on Mount Sinai. From heaven you spoke to our people. You gave them rules and laws. Those laws are right and fair. You gave them orders and commands that are good.

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You must always be careful to follow his directions and rules. You must obey the laws and commands he wrote for you. Do not worship other gods.

So Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a teacher who knew the Law of Moses very well. The Lord, the God of Israel, had given Israel that law. The king had given Ezra everything he asked for. That’s because the Lord his God helped him.

Lord, you do what is fair. And your laws are right.

All your words are true. All your laws are right. They last forever.

You have given me rules that I must obey completely.

He said to them, “Here is what the Lord commanded. He said, ‘Tomorrow will be a day of rest. It will be a holy Sabbath day. It will be set apart for the Lord. So bake what you want to bake. Boil what you want to boil. Save what is left. Keep it until morning.’ ”

Have the people ready by the third day. On that day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai. Everyone will see it.

Here are all the words God spoke. He said,

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Here is what you must tell the people of Israel. Say to them, ‘You have seen for yourselves what I said to you from heaven.

I wish you would open up your heavens and come down to us! I wish the mountains would tremble when you show your power!

Long ago you did some wonderful things we didn’t expect. You came down, and the mountains trembled when you showed your power.

God came from Teman. The Holy One came from Mount Paran. His glory covered the heavens. His praise filled the earth.

I do what I don’t want to do. So I agree that the law is good.

He said, “The Lord came from Mount Sinai. Like the rising sun, he shone on his people from Mount Seir. He shone on them from Mount Paran. He came with large numbers of angels. He came from his mountain slopes in the south.

You heard the voice of God speaking out of fire. And you lived! Has that happened to any other people?

From heaven he made you hear his voice. He wanted to teach you. On earth he showed you his great fire. You heard his words coming out of the fire.

I’m giving you the laws of the Lord today. What other nation is great enough to have rules and laws as fair as these?

The Lord spoke to you face to face. His voice came out of the fire on the mountain.




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