Nehemiah 9:2-12

2 Those of Israelite descent had separated themselves from all foreigners. They stood in their places and confessed their sins and the sins of their ancestors.
3 They stood where they were and read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and spent another quarter in confession and in worshiping the LORD their God.
4 Standing on the stairs of the Levites were Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani and Kenani. They cried out with loud voices to the LORD their God.
5 And the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah and Pethahiah—said: “Stand up and praise the LORD your God, who is from everlasting to everlasting.[a] ” “Blessed be your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.
6 You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you.
7 “You are the LORD God, who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and named him Abraham.
8 You found his heart faithful to you, and you made a covenant with him to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites and Girgashites. You have kept your promise because you are righteous.
9 “You saw the suffering of our ancestors in Egypt; you heard their cry at the Red Sea.[b]
10 You sent signs and wonders against Pharaoh, against all his officials and all the people of his land, for you knew how arrogantly the Egyptians treated them. You made a name for yourself, which remains to this day.
11 You divided the sea before them, so that they passed through it on dry ground, but you hurled their pursuers into the depths, like a stone into mighty waters.
12 By day you led them with a pillar of cloud, and by night with a pillar of fire to give them light on the way they were to take.

Cross References 30

  • 1. S Ezra 6:21; Nehemiah 10:28; Nehemiah 13:3,30
  • 2. S Leviticus 26:40; S Ezra 10:11; Psalms 106:6
  • 3. S Ezra 10:23
  • 4. Psalms 78:4
  • 5. S 2 Samuel 7:26
  • 6. S Deuteronomy 6:4
  • 7. S Exodus 8:19; 2 Kings 19:15
  • 8. Isaiah 40:26; Isaiah 45:12
  • 9. S Genesis 1:1; Isaiah 37:16
  • 10. Psalms 95:5; Psalms 146:6; John 1:9
  • 11. Deuteronomy 10:14; Acts 4:24; Revelation 10:6
  • 12. Psalms 103:20; Psalms 148:2
  • 13. S Genesis 16:11
  • 14. S Genesis 11:28; Genesis 11:31
  • 15. S Genesis 17:5
  • 16. S Genesis 15:18-21; S Ezra 9:1
  • 17. S Joshua 21:45
  • 18. Genesis 15:6; S Ezra 9:15
  • 19. Exodus 2:23-25; Exodus 3:7
  • 20. Exodus 14:10-30
  • 21. S Exodus 10:1; Psalms 74:9
  • 22. S Exodus 3:20; S Exodus 6:6
  • 23. Jeremiah 32:20; Daniel 9:15
  • 24. S Numbers 6:27
  • 25. Exodus 14:21; Psalms 78:13
  • 26. S Exodus 14:28
  • 27. Ex 15:4-5,10; Hebrews 11:29
  • 28. S Deuteronomy 1:33
  • 29. S Exodus 15:13
  • 30. S Exodus 13:21

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Or "God for ever and ever"
  • [b]. Or "the Sea of Reeds"
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