19 Yet in Your amanifold mercies
You did not forsake them in the wilderness.
The bpillar of the cloud did not depart from them by day,
To lead them on the road;
Nor the pillar of fire by night,
To show them light,
And the way they should go.
You did not forsake them in the wilderness.
The bpillar of the cloud did not depart from them by day,
To lead them on the road;
Nor the pillar of fire by night,
To show them light,
And the way they should go.
20 You also gave Your agood Spirit to instruct them,
And did not withhold Your bmanna from their mouth,
And gave them cwater for their thirst.
And did not withhold Your bmanna from their mouth,
And gave them cwater for their thirst.
21 aForty years You sustained them in the wilderness;
They lacked nothing;
Their bclothes did not wear out
And their feet did not swell.
They lacked nothing;
Their bclothes did not wear out
And their feet did not swell.
22 “Moreover You gave them kingdoms and nations,
And divided them into1 districts.
So they took possession of the land of aSihon,
1The land of the king of Heshbon,
And the land of Og king of Bashan.
And divided them into1 districts.
So they took possession of the land of aSihon,
1The land of the king of Heshbon,
And the land of Og king of Bashan.
23 You also multiplied atheir children as the stars of heaven,
And brought them into the land
Which You had told their fathers
To go in and possess.
And brought them into the land
Which You had told their fathers
To go in and possess.
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Nehemiah
Nehemiah
NEHEMIAH appears to have been the author of this book, from his usually writing in his own name, and indeed, except in those parts which are unmistakably later editions or borrowed from public documents, he usually employs the first person. The major portion of the book is occupied with a history of Nehemiah's twelve years' administration in Jerusalem, after which he returned to his duties in Shushan. At a later period he returned with new powers and commenced new and vigorous measures of reform, which are detailed in the later chapters of the book.