History
What should a child notice in Nehemiah 9?
Nehemiah 9 opens with these words: “Now in the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, with sackcloth, and dirt on them.” The line to keep is Nehemiah 9:1: “Now in the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, with sackcloth, and dirt on them.” Carry the word “twenty” from that verse into the rest of the day. A sentence to keep is Nehemiah 9:1: “Now in the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, with sackcloth, and dirt on them.” What happens first in Nehemiah 9?
Nehemiah 9:1
“Now in the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, with sackcloth, and dirt on them.”
Nehemiah 9:3
“They stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of Yahweh their God a fourth part of the day; and a fourth part they confessed, and worshiped Yahweh their God.”
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Practice Nehemiah 9:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Nowinthetwenty-fourthdayofthismonththechildrenofIsraelwereassembledwithwithandonthem.