Nehemiah 11:1-12:47 Questions by Stephen Ricker
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Memory Verse: Nehemiah 12:27-28
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Introduction
Outline

MAP OF JERUSALEM
MAP OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE in 500 B.C.
TIMELINE FROM BABYLON TO ROMAN CONTROL OVER ISRAEL
ISRAEL'S HISTORY
OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS TIMELINE
ISRAEL'S KINGS AND PROPHETS

I. New Residents of Jerusalem (11:1-36)

1. Who lived in Jerusalem? (1-4) How did the rest view them? Where did everyone live? How does this foreshadow the future of God's people? (Heb. 11:10; John 14:2-3; Rev. 3:11-12, 21:1-4)

2. What did some of the people who lived in and near Jerusalem do?

II. Priests and Levites (12:1-26)

3. Why the need for the accuracy of keeping family trees even during the captivity?

III. The Wall Dedicated (12:27-47)

4. What was the scene at the dedication of the wall? (27) What were some of the musical instruments that the Levites used?

5. Who joined the musicians? (28-29) How can we follow this example? (Mark 14:26; and 1 Cor. 14:26; Eph. 5:19-20; Col. 3:16-17)

6. What was necessary at the dedication? (30)

7. Where did the dedication take place? Where did they go after the choirs gave thanks? (40-42) What did the some of the priests have?

8. Why were they joyful? (43) How is this true for us today? (John 15:9-12)

9. How were the priests and Levites supported? (44-45) How did the people view them? Was the arrangements in Nehemiah's time something new?