Nehemiah - From the Ruined Walls of Jerusalem to Covenant Renewal and Reform!
I. Nehemiah 1-7 The Rebuilding of the Walls of Jerusalem
1. Nehemiah Hears of the Ruined Walls and Prays to the LORD
2. Nehemiah Receives Permission from Artaxerxes to Return to Jerusalem
3. Nehemiah Inspects the Walls by Night and Calls the People to Rebuild
4. The Builders and Their Assigned Sections of the Wall
5. Opposition from Sanballat, Tobiah, and Others; the People Work with Weapons
6. Nehemiah Addresses Economic Injustice and Cancels Debts
7. Further Opposition and the Completion of the Wall in Fifty-Two Days
8. The List of Those Who Returned from Exile and Settled in the Land
II. Nehemiah 8-10 The Reading of the Law and Covenant Renewal
9. Ezra Reads the Law to the Assembled People
10. The People Celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles
11. The People Fast, Confess Their Sins, and Review God’s Faithfulness
12. The People Enter into a Solemn Covenant to Obey the Law
III. Nehemiah 11-13 The Repopulation of Jerusalem and Further Reforms
13. Jerusalem Is Repopulated and the Wall Is Dedicated with Great Joy
14. Nehemiah Returns and Finds Compromise in the Community
15. Nehemiah Removes Tobiah from the Temple and Restores Support for the Levites
16. Nehemiah Enforces Sabbath Observance
17. Nehemiah Confronts the Problem of Intermarriage