Nehemiah 9:13

And, upon Mount Sinai, camest thou down, and spakest with them out of the heavens,—and gavest them just regulations, and faithful laws, good statutes and commandments.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:

In Context

12And, in a pillar of cloud, didst thou lead them, by day,—and in a pillar of fire, by night, to light up for them the way wherein they should go.

14And, thy holy sabbath, didst thou make known to them,—and, commandments and statutes and a law, didst thou command them, through Moses thy servant.

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Cross References

Exodus 19:11and shall be ready, by the third day,—for on the third day, will Yahweh come down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai.

Exodus 19:18And Mount Sinai, smoked, all over, because Yahweh had come down thereon in fire,—and the smoke thereof went up as the smoke of a furnace, and all the mountain trembled exceedingly.

Exodus 20:22Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Thus, shalt thou say, unto the sons of Israel,—Ye yourselves, have seen that out of the heavens, have I spoken with you.

Deuteronomy 4:10What day thou didst stand before Yahweh thy God, in Horeb, when Yahweh said unto me, Gather unto me the people, that I may let them hear my words,—which they must learn that they may revere me all the days which they are living upon the soil, their children also, must they teach.

Deuteronomy 5:4Face to face, spake Yahweh with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire,

Deuteronomy 10:12Now, therefore, O Israel, what is, Yahweh thy God, asking of thee,—but to revere Yahweh thy God to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Yahweh thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul:

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 9:5-38

The Prayer of the Levites. ( b. c. 444.) 4 Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the Lord their God. 5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the Lord your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. 6 Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made… Read the whole commentary →

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