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Less important, yet suggestive, citations are taken from the priestly traditions regarding the work of Ezra. The final editor has apparently rearranged this material in order to give to the work of Ezra the scribe such precedence over that of Nehemiah the layman, as, from his later Levitical point of view, he deemed proper.
By Nehemiah's side stood a trumpeter, ready to blow an alarm at the first sight or sound of the enemy. For, says Nehemiah, 'I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another. In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
The people were, in some measure, beginning to realise that condition with new clearness, in consequence of the new fervour which Nehemiah had brought. It is singular that, during his thirteen years of residence, Ezra is not recorded to have promulgated the law, though it lay at the basis of the drastic reforms which he was able to carry through.
Howbeit, because we look back after we have put our hand to the plough, therefore is our force waxed dim." "Pardon me, sir," said Nehemiah Holdenough, who, listening with some impatience, began to guess in whose company he stood "Pardon me, for unto this I have a warrant to speak." "Ah! ah!" said Cromwell.
They smilingly swept the circle until they rested upon his uncle. They suddenly dilated with astonishment, and the violin fell from his nerveless hand upon the floor. The surprise, the fear, the repulsion his face expressed suddenly emboldened Nehemiah. The boy evidently had not been prepared for the encounter with his relative here.
But his fate, as we shall see hereafter, only allowed him a short though bright career. We return to the liberation of the other prisoners from Woodstock. The two divines, completely reconciled to each other, retreated arm in arm to the parsonage-house, formerly the residence of Dr. Rochecliffe, but which he now visited as the guest of his successor, Nehemiah Holdenough.
But Barstein drew back his own coat-tail from the attempted kiss. 'Where is the gas? he asked drily. 'Alas, the company removed the meter. 'But the gas-brackets? 'What else had we to eat? said Nehemiah simply. Barstein in sudden suspicion raised his eyes to the ceiling. But a fragment of gaspipe certainly came through it.
Thus in the Vatican Bible, of which we shall learn more by and by, Esdras First and Second succeed the Chronicles; Tobit and Judith are between Nehemiah and Esther; the Wisdom of Solomon and Sirach follow Solomon's Song; Baruch is next to Jeremiah; Daniel is followed by Susanna and Bel and the Dragon, and the collection closes with the three books of Maccabees.
So, by means of his gold, Sanballat tempts some of the Jerusalem Jews over to his side. Nor is Noadiah the only one who is bribed by the Samaritan governor to pretend the gift of prophecy. One day, Nehemiah is sent for to the house of one of these people who profess to be able to prophesy. This young man professes to be very fond of Nehemiah, and begs him to come to see him.
Nehemiah puts it in Old Testament phraseology, 'the fear of God'; the New Testament equivalent is 'the love of Christ. And if you want to take the power and the life out of both phrases, in order to find a modern conventional equivalent, you will say 'religion. I prefer the old-fashioned language. 'The love of Christ' impels to this non-compliance.
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