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What should a child notice in Nehemiah 8?
Nehemiah 8 opens with these words: “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 line to keep is Nehemiah 8:8: “They read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.” Carry the word “read” from that verse into the rest of the day. A sentence to keep is Nehemiah 8:8: “They read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.” What happens first in Nehemiah 8?
Nehemiah 8:8
“They read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.”
Nehemiah 8:3
“He read from it before the wide place that was in front of the water gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women, and of those who could understand. The ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law.”
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Practice Nehemiah 8:8
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Theyreadinthebook,inthelawofGod,andgavethesense,sothattheythereading.