Nehemiah 9:13

13 "'You descended on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them right rulings and true teachings, good laws and mitzvot.

Nehemiah 9:13 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 9:13

Thou camest down also upon Mount Sinai
By some visible tokens of his presence, as a cloud, fire, smoke which must be understood consistent with his omniscience, see ( Exodus 19:18 ) ,

and spakest with them from heaven;
the decalogue or ten commandments, ( Exodus 20:1-17 ) ,

and gavest them right judgments and true laws, good statutes and
commandments;
both judicial and ceremonial, which were of excellent use to them in their civil and ecclesiastical polity; these were not spoken to Israel, but given to Moses on the mount, to be delivered to them.

Nehemiah 9:13 In-Context

11 You divided the sea ahead of them, so that they could pass through the sea on dry land; then you hurled their pursuers into the depths, like a stone into turbulent waters.

12 "'In a column of cloud you led them by day, and by night in a column of fire, so that they would have light ahead of them on the way that they were to go.

13 "'You descended on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them right rulings and true teachings, good laws and mitzvot.

14 You revealed to them your holy Shabbat and gave them mitzvot, laws and the Torah through Moshe your servant.

15 "'For their hunger you gave them bread from heaven; for their thirst you brought forth for them water from the rock. You ordered them to enter and possess the land you had sworn with your hand to give them.