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🗓️ 29 September 2021
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0:00.0 | Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap. |
0:13.1 | Today we finished our 37th and 38th books of the Bible. |
0:17.2 | When Chapter 11 opens today, we zoom in on some real estate details. |
0:21.1 | The leaders live in Jerusalem, but they need some other people to live there too, otherwise |
0:24.4 | who's going to open all the Starbucks on every street corner? |
0:27.2 | Actually it probably has more to do with keeping a strong military presence in the city, but |
0:31.2 | soldiers need coffee. |
0:32.8 | Okay, moving on. |
0:33.9 | So they have a lottery and 10% of the people are chosen to move to the city while some |
0:37.6 | others go voluntarily. |
0:39.5 | All in all, about 3,000 men are counted as living in Jerusalem at this point. |
0:43.5 | But the total population is probably around 2-3 times that amount, since Nehemiah's |
0:47.4 | count doesn't appear to include people who can't serve in the military. |
0:51.2 | The other 90% of the population lives in the surrounding towns and villages. |
0:55.6 | After everybody gets unpacked, Nehemiah holds a grand opening ceremony to dedicate the |
0:59.7 | newly finished wall. |
1:01.1 | The Levites and priests and singers all gather for the huge event, singing and praising |
1:05.2 | God, and one of the seemingly insignificant details listed in this passage recently served |
1:10.6 | a huge purpose. |
1:12.1 | 1237 says, at the fountain gate, they win up straight before them by the stairs of the |
1:17.1 | city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, to the water gate |
1:21.6 | on the east. |
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