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    TREASURES FROM GOD’S WORD | NEHEMIAH 9-11

    Faithful Worshippers Support Theocratic Arrangements

    An Israelite family makes a booth to dwell in during the Festival of Booths

    God’s people willingly supported true worship in various ways

    10:28-30, 32-39; 11:1, 2

    • The nation prepared for and celebrated the Festival of Booths in the correct way

    • Each day the people gathered to listen to the reading of God’s Law, which made them rejoice

    • The people confessed their sins, prayed, and asked Jehovah to bless them

    • The people agreed to continue supporting all theocratic arrangements

    Continued support of theocratic arrangements included:

    • A man and wife who both worship Jehovah

      Marrying only those who worshipped Jehovah

    • Two coins

      Making monetary contributions

    • A scroll containing the Law of Moses

      Observing the Sabbath

    • Wood for the altar

      Supplying wood for the altar

    • Firstfruits of the harvest and a firstborn male lamb

      Giving the firstfruits of the harvest and the firstborn of the flocks to Jehovah