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Bible in A Year 39 OT Nehemiah 4 To Esther 5
Bible in A Year 39 OT Nehemiah 4 To Esther 5
Old Testament
Nehemiah 4 to Esther 5
Read this coming week:
Aug 8 Neh 4‐6, Ps 35, Mark 14 Aug 9 Neh 7, Ps 36, Mark 15 Aug 10 Neh
8‐9, Ps 37:1‐22, Mark 16 Aug 11 Neh 10, Ps 37:23‐40, Luke 1 Aug 12 Neh
11, Ps 38, Luke 2 Aug 13 Neh 12‐13, Ps 39, Luke 3 Aug 14 Est 1‐2, Ps 40,
Luke 4 Aug 15 Est 3‐5, Ps 41, Luke 5
Reading Questions
For next week you’re reading Nehemiah 4 to Esther 5.
Answer the following:
• Who opposes the work that Nehemiah is doing?
(4)
• What is missing inside of Jerusalem that hasn’t
been built? (7)
• What does Ezra do in 8 and how do the people
react?
• What are the obligations of the renewed
covenant? (10)
• Which people lived inside Jerusalem, which lived
outside? (11)
• What do the priests and Levites do at the
dedication of the Wall? (12)
• Why is the king looking for a wife? (1)
• What is the plot of Haman? (3)
Nehemiah 4 to Esther 5
Read this coming week:
Aug 8 Neh 4‐6, Ps 35, Mark 14 Aug 9 Neh 7, Ps 36, Mark 15 Aug 10 Neh
8‐9, Ps 37:1‐22, Mark 16 Aug 11 Neh 10, Ps 37:23‐40, Luke 1 Aug 12 Neh
11, Ps 38, Luke 2 Aug 13 Neh 12‐13, Ps 39, Luke 3 Aug 14 Est 1‐2, Ps 40,
Luke 4 Aug 15 Est 3‐5, Ps 41, Luke 5
Reading Questions
For next week you’re reading Nehemiah 4 to Esther 5.
Answer the following:
• Who opposes the work that Nehemiah is doing?
(4)
• What is missing inside of Jerusalem that hasn’t
been built? (7)
• What does Ezra do in 8 and how do the people
react?
• What are the obligations of the renewed
covenant? (10)
• Which people lived inside Jerusalem, which lived
outside? (11)
• What do the priests and Levites do at the
dedication of the Wall? (12)
• Why is the king looking for a wife? (1)
• What is the plot of Haman? (3)
Esther and the Canon
Ignored or derided, the book of Esther has always held
an uneasy position in the canon (the list of accepted
books of the Bible)/
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