Thematic Bible: After the captivity


Thematic Bible



Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, vineyards, and homes to get grain during the famine.” Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, Examples OfBanks

They celebrated the Festival of Booths as prescribed, and offered burnt offerings each day, based on the number specified by ordinance for each festival day. Verse ConceptsFeastingFeast Of TabernaclesDaily Duty

The whole community that had returned from exile made booths and lived in them. They had not celebrated like this from the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day. And there was tremendous joy. Verse ConceptsGladnessUnique FeastsTimes Of People

The exiles observed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. All of the priests and Levites were ceremonially clean, because they had purified themselves. They killed the Passover lamb for themselves, their priestly brothers, and all the exiles.

So all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered in Jerusalem within the three days. On the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain. Verse ConceptsRainWeather, God's Sovereignty OverMonth 9Groups TremblingWeather Causing Sufferings

But there are many people, and it is the rainy season. We don’t have the stamina to stay out in the open. This isn’t something that can be done in a day or two, for we have rebelled terribly in this matter. Verse ConceptsClimates, TypesAble To StandShort Time For Action

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