People
Ezra in Nehemiah 8
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This person shows up in Nehemiah 8:1: “All the people gathered themselves together as one man into the wide place that was in front of the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real person in a real place.
Nehemiah 8:1
“All the people gathered themselves together as one man into the wide place that was in front of the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Yahweh had commanded to Israel.”
What kids can learn
When you hear ezra in Nehemiah, remember the sentence around it. God put this person in the story on purpose.
Read Nehemiah 8:1 again tomorrow and ask what the person is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Nehemiah 8:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Allthepeoplegatheredthemselvesasonemantheplacethatwasinfrontofthewatergate;andtheyspoketoEzrathescribetobringthebookofthelawofMoses,whichYahwehhadcommandedtoIsrael.