Nehemiah 9:14

14 You told them about your holy Sabbath and gave them commands, orders, and teachings through your servant Moses.

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 You led our ancestors with a pillar of cloud by day and with a pillar of fire at night. It lit the way they were supposed to go.

13 You came down to Mount Sinai and spoke from heaven to our ancestors. You gave them fair rules and true teachings, good orders and commands.

14 You told them about your holy Sabbath and gave them commands, orders, and teachings through your servant Moses.

15 When they were hungry, you gave them bread from heaven. When they were thirsty, you brought them water from the rock. You told them to enter and take over the land you had promised to give them.

16 "But our ancestors were proud and stubborn and did not obey your commands.