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- proper noun Abbreviation of
Nehemiah .
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(_e_) Finally, there are occasional lists, such as Neh.xii. 1-26_a_, or Neh.vii. 6-69, a list of the returning exiles, incorporated in the memoirs of Nehemiah from some earlier list and borrowed in Ezra ii.
Introduction to the Old Testament John Edgar McFadyen
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Esdras is again entirely unnoticed in Neh., i-vi, and in the list of the subscribers to the covenant (x,1 ff.).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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This dependence is probably due to the redactor, who in this place gave a new form to the notes supplied him by the Jewish governor's memoirs which also explains the latter's being spoken of in the third person, Neh., viii, 9.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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I Esdras, ix-x, and they likewise hold that Nehemiah 'name has been interpolated in Neh., viii, 9, and x, 1.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Zorobabel's companions, and the settlement of these latter in the country; and again that Neh., viii, 1 resumes the narrative in the very words of I Esd., iii.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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He is mentioned in Neh., viii, 1 ff., and in xii, 35, as fulfilling subordinate functions.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Considering the singular number of the verbs in Neh., viii, 9, 10, it is probable that in the former of these two verses "Esdras and the Levites" being named as part of the subject of the phrase is due to a later hand.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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He has moreover preserved (III Esd., ix, 50) the information of Neh., viii, 9, about the intervention of the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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Now, while Israel is Lo-Ammi ( "not my People"), the title used with respect to Israel is "the God of Heaven" (See Ezra, Neh., and Dan.ii. 18, 28, 37, 44, &c.); i.e., the God who no longer dwells between the
Commentary on Revelation 1837-1913 1909
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From the Restoration to Malachi, Ezra, Neh., and Esther.
The Bible Book by Book A Manual for the Outline Study of the Bible by Books Josiah Blake Tidwell 1908
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