Nehemiah 8:6

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Summary

And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

With lifting

Bowed

2 Chronicles 29:30

With their faces

Leviticus 9:24

Matthew 26:39

Revelation 7:11

General references

Genesis 24:26

Matthew 23:2

Bible References

With lifting

But Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have taken an oath to the Lord, the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth,

Give ear to the voice of my prayer, when I am crying to you, when my hands are lifted up to your holy place.

Lifting up our hearts with our hands to God in the heavens.

It is my desire, then, that in every place men may give themselves to prayer, lifting up holy hands, without wrath or argument.

Bowed

And with bent head the man gave worship to the Lord;

And the people had faith in them; and hearing that the Lord had taken up the cause of the children of Israel and had seen their troubles, with bent heads they gave him worship.

Then you will say, This is the offering of the Lord's Passover; for he went over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he sent death on the Egyptians, and kept our families safe. And the people gave worship with bent heads.

Then Jehoshaphat went down with his face to the earth, and all Judah and the people of Jerusalem gave worship to the Lord, falling down before him.

Then King Hezekiah and the captains gave orders to the Levites to give praise to God in the words of David and Asaph the seer. And they made songs of praise with joy, and with bent heads gave worship.

With their faces

And fire came out from before the Lord, burning up the offering on the altar and the fat: and when all the people saw it, they gave a loud cry, falling down on their faces.

And he went forward a little, and falling down on his face in prayer, he said, O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup go from me; but let not my pleasure, but yours be done.

And all the angels were round about the high seat, and about the rulers and the four beasts; and they went down on their faces before the high seat, and gave worship to God, saying,

General references

And with bent head the man gave worship to the Lord;

The scribes and the Pharisees have the authority of Moses;