Nehemiah 9:14

14 You taught them to keep your Sabbaths holy, and through your servant Moses you gave them your laws.

Nehemiah 9:14 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 9:14

And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath
Which was not made known to others, and was peculiar to the Jewish nation, and a privilege granted to them, to have rest corporeal and spiritual, typical of the rest in Christ:

and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses
thy servant;
moral, ceremonial, and judicial, such as other nations had not, ( Deuteronomy 4:8 ) .

Nehemiah 9:14 In-Context

12 With a cloud you led them in daytime, and at night you lighted their way with fire.

13 At Mount Sinai you came down from heaven; you spoke to your people and gave them good laws and sound teachings.

14 You taught them to keep your Sabbaths holy, and through your servant Moses you gave them your laws.

15 "When they were hungry, you gave them bread from heaven, and water from a rock when they were thirsty. You told them to take control of the land which you had promised to give them.

16 But our ancestors grew proud and stubborn and refused to obey your commands.