The Destruction of the First Holy Temple - Tisha B'Av and the 3 Weeks Tisha B'Av and the 3 Weeks The Destruction of the First Holy Temple The Destruction of the First Holy Temple Discuss (39) Two Temples stood in succession on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The First Temple was constructed by King Solomon, based on detailed plans that G‑d had given to his father, King David through the prophet Nathan. King David had wanted to build it himself, but was told that his son would be the one to do it. In the fourth year of his reign, 833 BCE, King Solomon found himself at peace with his neighbors and began the construction of the Temple. The site chosen by King David was the top of Mount Moriah, where Abraham had once proved his readiness to offer up his dearly beloved son in obedience to G‑d's command. It was the archetype of the "dwelling for G‑d in the physical world" that is the purpose of creation.Tens of thousands of men were needed to perform the many tasks required for the gigantic undertaking. Men were sent to Lebanon to cut down cedar trees.

Stones were hewn near the quarries, and then brought up to Moriah, there to be fitted together. In the valley of the Jordan the bronze was cast. Craftsmen were brought in from Tyre to help perfect the work. Ships set sail eastward and westward to bring the choicest materials for the adornment of the House of G‑d. It took seven years to complete the Temple. In the twelfth year of his reign, in 827 BCE, King Solomon dedicated the Temple and all its contents. The Ark of the Covenant was brought into the Temple amidst inaugural celebrations that lasted for seven days. For the next 410 years, the Jewish people would bring daily offerings in this magnificent edifice, and here the nation would gather three times a year to "see and to be seen by the face of G‑d." Here the Divine Presence was manifest. Ten daily miracles – such as the wind never extinguishing the fire on the altar – attested to G‑d's presence in the Temple. This was the archetype of the "dwelling for G‑d in the physical world" that is the purpose of creation. Solomon's reign was a golden era.

His capital became the center of wisdom, riches, and splendor. Monarchs as well as ordinary people came to gaze on all the marvels to be seen there, and left wide-eyed with amazement and awe. The Land of Israel developed into a great center of commerce. The Jews lived in peace and happiness, "every man under his vine and under his fig tree." The Beginning of the End At the end of King Solomon's life, he was guilty of indiscretions unbefitting his great stature. G‑d told him he would be punished. After his death, the kingdom would be torn in two. Indeed, after Solomon's death, the ten northern tribes refused to accept his son Rehoboam as their king. In 796 BCE, the country was divided into two kingdoms: the Kingdom of Israel in the north and the Kingdom of Judah (containing Jerusalem) in the south. The kings of the Kingdom of Israel practiced idolatry, but so did many of the kings of the Kingdom of Judah. G‑d sent prophets repeatedly to admonish the Jews, but they refused to change their ways, choosing instead to deride these prophets as false messengers coming to discourage them with predictions of destruction.

G‑d sent prophets repeatedly to admonish the Jews, but they refused to change their waysIn one egregious example, in 661 BCE, the prophet Zechariah ben Jehoiada chastised the nation for their sins, warning them of the grave punishments that would befall them if they would not change their ways. Rather than accept his rebuke, the nation stoned Zechariah to death in the Temple courtyard. Incredibly, this occurred on Yom Kippur. Rather than allowing Zechariah's blood to settle into the earth, G‑d caused it to bubble up. The people tried to cover it with earth, but it continued to seethe for the next 252 years, until the Destruction of the Temple (more on this later on). As a result of the disobedient and corrupt behavior of the Jews, G‑d did not provide either kingdom with the peace and security that the united kingdom had enjoyed under Solomon's reign. Their common enemy was the Assyrian empire to the north. In 555 BCE, Samaria, the capital of the northern kingdom, fell to the Assyrians, and the Kingdom of Israel came to an end. Scores of thousands of the conquered people were led into captivity.

They were transported to distant provinces of the Assyrian empire, and they disappeared completely. The Assyrians repopulated the land with exiles that had been uprooted from other countries, whose descendants came to be called the Samaritans or Kuttim. No trace has been found of the Ten Tribes. The Kingdom of Judah miraculously survived the Assyrian threat and lasted another 150 years. Their kings were not uniformly evil as the kings of the Kingdom of Israel had been; they had several truly righteous monarchs – notably among them Hezekiah and Josiah – and enjoyed occasional bouts of resurgent spiritual health. But eventually, they would fall victim to the Babylonians. The Book of Lamentations Beginning in 463 BCE, Jeremiah prophesized about the Babylonian threat and warned the Jews of the terrible devastation they would incur if they did not stop worshipping idols and mistreating each other. But his melancholic prophecies, recorded in the Book of Jeremiah, went largely unheeded by the Jews, who mocked and persecuted him. Some eighteen years before the destruction of the Temple, Jeremiah was imprisoned by King Jehoiakim (apparently due to his persistent prophecies foretelling the fall of Jerusalem).

G‑d then spoke to Jeremiah (Jeremiah ch. 36): Children starving; cannibalism on the part of hunger-crazed mothers, the city abandoned..."Take for yourself a scroll and write upon it all the words that I have spoken to you concerning Israel and concerning Judah. . . . Perhaps the house of Judah will hear all the evil that I plan to do to them, in order that they should repent, each man of his evil way, and I will forgive their iniquity and their sin." Jeremiah summoned his devoted disciple, Baruch ben Neriah, and dictated to him a heart-rending and graphic warning of the coming doom; this prophecy eventually became known as the Book of Lamentations ("Eichah"). In this scroll, Jeremiah described and mourned the devastation that G‑d would wreak upon Jerusalem and the Holy Land: children starving; cannibalism on the part of hunger-crazed mothers, the city abandoned. Baruch ben Neriah followed Jeremiah's instructions. He publicly read the scroll in the Holy Temple. When the king was informed of this event, he asked that the scroll be read to him.

After hearing but a few verses, the king grabbed the scroll and callously threw it into the fireplace. When Jeremiah was informed of the king's actions, he sat and composed another chapter that he added to the book. This Book of Lamentations is read in the synagogue every year on the eve of the Ninth of Av. The Babylonians Are Coming The Assyrians had long dominated the Middle East, but their power was waning. Even with the help of the Egyptians, who were getting stronger, they were not able to fight off the Babylonians. These three empires were engaged in a power struggle, and the Kingdom of Judah was caught in the middle. In 434 BCE, the Kingdom of Judah tried to form an alliance with Egypt. The Jews thought, despite Jeremiah's prophecies, that this would keep them safe. But instead, the Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar, marched on Judah. He pillaged Jerusalem and deported tens of thousands of Jews to his capital in Babylon; all the deportees were drawn from the upper classes, the wealthy, and craftsmen.

Ordinary people were allowed to stay in Judah, and Nebuchadnezzar appointed a puppet king over Judah, Zedekiah. But Zedekiah, though G‑d fearing and righteous, was foolishly courageous, and (despite Jeremiah's repeated admonitions not to) he tried to break free from the Babylonians. So Nebuchadnezzar marched on Jerusalem again. This time he would not be content with making Judah into a vassal state. On the tenth of Tevet, 425 BCE, Nebuchadnezzar began the siege of Jerusalem. The Destruction "Zechariah, Zechariah! I have slain the best of them; do you want all of them destroyed?" Thirty months later, in the month of Tammuz, after a long siege during which hunger and epidemics ravaged the city, the city walls were breached. King Zedekiah tried to escape through an eighteen-mile long tunnel, but he was captured in the plains of Jericho by enemy soldiers who, while chasing a deer, saw him emerging. He was brought before Nebuchadnezzar in Riblah.

There Zedekiah's sons and many other Jewish personages were slain before his eyes; then his eyes were put out, and he was led in chains to Babylon. On the seventh day of Av, the chief of Nebuchadnezzar's army, Nebuzaradan, began the destruction of Jerusalem. The walls of the city were torn down, and the royal palace and other structures in the city were set on fire. Our Sages say that when Nebuzaradan entered the Temple he found the blood of Zechariah seething. He asked the Jews what this phenomenon meant, and they attempted to conceal the scandal, but he threatened to comb their flesh with iron combs. So they told him the truth: "There was a prophet among us who chastised us, and we killed him. For many years now his blood has not rested." Nebuzaradan said, "I will appease him." He then killed the members of the Great and Small Sanhedrins, then he killed youths and maidens, and then school-children. Altogether, he killed 940,000 people.

Still the blood continued to boil, whereupon Nebuzaradan cried: "Zechariah, Zechariah! I have slain the best of them; do you want all of them destroyed?" At last the blood sank into the ground (Talmud, Gittin 57b). 1 On the ninth day of Av, toward evening, the Holy Temple was set on fire and destroyed. The fire burned for 24 hours. Our Sages taught: When the first Holy Temple was destroyed, groups of young priests gathered with the keys to the Sanctuary in their hands. They ascended the roof and declared: "Master of the World! Since we have not merited to be trustworthy custodians, let the keys be given back to You." They then threw the keys toward Heaven. A hand emerged and received them, and the priests threw themselves into the fire (Talmud, Ta'anit 29b). Everything of gold and silver that still remained was carried off as loot by the Babylonian soldiers. All the beautiful works of art with which King Solomon had once decorated and ornamented the holy edifice were destroyed or taken away. The holy vessels of the Temple that could be found were brought to Babylon.

The high priest Seraiah and many other high officials and priests were executed. In addition to the 940,000 people killed in the aforementioned incident, millions more were killed inside and outside of the city. Many thousands of the people that had escaped the sword were taken prisoner and led into captivity in Babylon, where some of their best had already preceded them. Only the poorest of the residents of Jerusalem were permitted to stay on to plant the vineyards and work in the fields. All this had been predicted in the Torah, and it came to pass with all the horror of which Moses had warnedThus ended the empire of David and Solomon; thus the magnificent city and Holy Temple were destroyed. Thus G‑d punished His people for deserting Him and His laws. All this had been predicted in the Torah, and it truly came to pass with all the horror of which Moses had warned. Jeremiah also promised that the Jewish people would return to Jerusalem and rebuild the Temple. That would come to pass seventy years later. For this our heart has become faint, for these things our eyes have grown dim. For Mount Zion, which has become desolate; foxes prowl over it.

But You, O G‑d, remain forever; Your throne endures throughout the generations. Why do You forget us forever, forsake us so long? Restore us to You, O G‑d, that we may be restored! Renew our days as of old. THE TEMPLE SOLOMON’S TEMPLE SOLOMON FINISHED THE TEMPLE(959 BC)? DESTROYED BY NEBUCHADNEZZAR(586 BC)? ZERUBBABEL’S TEMPLE RECONSTRUCTION UNDER CYRUS( ppt download Similar presentations More Presentation on theme: "THE TEMPLE SOLOMON’S TEMPLE SOLOMON FINISHED THE TEMPLE(959 BC)? DESTROYED BY NEBUCHADNEZZAR(586 BC)? ZERUBBABEL’S TEMPLE RECONSTRUCTION UNDER CYRUS(536."— Presentation transcript: 1 THE TEMPLE SOLOMON’S TEMPLE SOLOMON FINISHED THE TEMPLE(959 BC)? DESTROYED BY NEBUCHADNEZZAR(586 BC)? ZERUBBABEL’S TEMPLE RECONSTRUCTION UNDER CYRUS(536 BC)?

BUILDING CEASES UNDER ARTAXERXES(17 YEARS)? BUILDING CONTINUES UNDER DARIUS (519 BC)? TEMPLE COMPLETED UNDER DARIUS(516 BC)? ( BC)? HEROD’S TEMPLE CONSTRUCTION BEGAN(20 BC)? COMPLETED 46 YEARS (JOHN 2:20)(64 AD)? 2 CHRONOLOGY OF BOOKS OBADIAH( BC)? EZEKIEL( BC)? DANIEL( BC)? EZRA( BC)? ZECHARIAH( BC)? ESTHER( BC)? NEHEMIAH( BC)? MALACHI( BC)? 3 BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY NEBUCHADNEZZARDANIEL 1:1(539 BC)? CYRUSEZRA 1-3( BC)? AHASUERUSEZRA 4 (7 MONTHS)(537 BC)? DARIUSEZRA 5-6( BC)? QUEEN ESTHERESTHER 2-10( BC)? ARTAXERXES LONGIMANUS( BC)? EZRA 7-10( BC)?

NEHEMIAH 1-13( BC)? 4 PEOPLE TO REMEMBER NEBUCHADNEZZAR - DESTROYED JERUSALEM(586 BC)? ARTAXERXES - KING OF PERSIA BC? LONGIMANUS- SON OF XERXES NEHEMIAH - COMFORTED OF YAHWEH SON OF HACHALIAH - BROTHER OF HANANI BC? ADVERSARIES OF NEHEMIAH SANBALLAT THE HORONITE - GOVERNOR OF SAMARIA TOBIAH THE AMMONITE - JOINT GOVERNOR WITH SANBALLAT GESHEM THE ARAB - CHIEF OF THE ARABS IN SAMARIA ELIASHIB THE HIGH PRIEST EZRA THE PRIEST - THE SCRIBE 5 OUTLINE NEHEMIAH CHAPTER ELEVEN LEADERS OF THE JEWS TO LIVE IN JERUSALEM: ONE OF TEN JEWS WILL LIVE IN THE CITY:V. 1-2 LIST OF THOSE WHO WILL LIVE IN JERUSALEM:V. 3-9 PRIESTS:V CHIEF OF THE FATHERS:V.

13 MIGHTY MEN:V. 14 LEVITES:V PORTERS:V. 19 RESIDUE OF ISRAEL AND OFFICERS:V VILLAGES WHICH THEY WILL DWELL IN:V LIST OF LEVITES IN JUDAH AND BENJAMIN:V. 36 6 READ:NEHEMIAH 11:1-3 1The leaders of the people dwelt at Jerusalem; the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to dwell in Jerusalem, the holy city, and nine-tenths were to dwell in other cities. 2The people blessed all the men who willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem. 3These are the heads of the province who dwelt in Jerusalem. (But in the cities of Judah everyone dwelt in his own possession in their cities-- Israelites, priests, Levites, Nethinim, and descendants of Solomon's servants.) 7 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 11:1-3 1The leaders of the people dwelt at Jerusalem.

The rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to dwell in Jerusalem, the holy city, and nine-tenths were to dwell in other cities. 2The people blessed all the men who willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem. WHO DWELT IN JERUSALEM? WHY DID THEY CAST LOTS? WHERE DID THE REST OF THE PEOPLE DWELL? WHO DID THE PEOPLE BLESS?WHY? 8 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 11:1-3 3These are the heads of the province who dwelt in Jerusalem. (But in the cities of Judah everyone dwelt in his own possession in their cities-- Israelites, priests, Levites, Nethinim, and descendants of Solomon's servants.) WHO DWELT IN JERUSALEM? WHERE DID THE OTHERS DWELL? 9 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 11:1-3 WHEN DID THEY COME BACK FROM CAPTIVITY?

READ:EZRA 7:7 7Some of the children of Israel, the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim came up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.(NKJ) WHO DWELT IN JERUSALEM? READ:1 CHRONICLES 9:1-3 3In Jerusalem the children of Judah dwelt, and some of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh: (NKJ) 10 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 11:1-3 WHERE DID THE OTHERS DWELL? READ:EZRA 2:1 1These are the people of the province who came back from the captivity, of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his own city. (NKJ) READ:1 CHRONICLES 9:1-3 2The first inhabitants who dwelt in their possessions in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and the Nethinim.

11 READ:NEHEMIAH 11:4-6 4Also in Jerusalem dwelt some of the children of Judah and of the children of Benjamin. The children of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the children of Perez; 5And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col- Hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni. 6All the sons of Perez who dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred and sixty-eight valiant men. 12 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 11:4-6 4Also in Jerusalem dwelt some of the children of Judah and of the children of Benjamin.

The children of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the children of Perez; WHAT TRIBES DWELT IN JERUSALEM? WHO WAS PEREZ? READ:1 CHRONICLES 2:4 4Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.(NKJ) 13 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 11:4-6 4Also in Jerusalem dwelt some of the children of Judah and of the children of Benjamin. The children of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the children of Perez; 5And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col- Hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni.

6All the sons of Perez who dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred and sixty-eight valiant men.(468)? WHO IS NAMED OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH? HOW MANY WERE THERE? 14 READ:NEHEMIAH 11:6-9 7These are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah; 8After him Gabbai and Sallai, nine hundred and twenty-eight. 9Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer, and Judah the son of Senuah was second over the city. 15 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 11:6-9 7These are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah; WHO WAS BENJAMIN?

READ:GENESIS 46:19 19The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife, were Joseph and Benjamin.(NKJ) 16 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 11:6-9 7These are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah; 8After him Gabbai and Sallai, nine hundred and twenty-eight.(928)? WHO WAS NAMED OF THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN? WHY LIST THE ANCESTRY OF SALLU? HOW MANY OF THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN? 17 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 11:6-9 9Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer, and Judah the son of Senuah was second over the city. (NKJ) 9Joel son of Zicri was their chief officer, and Judah son of Hassenuah was over the Second District of the city.

(NIV) WHO WAS NAMED ‘OVERSEER’? WHO WAS NAMED OVER THE ‘SECOND DISTRICT’? WHAT WAS THE ‘SECOND DISTRICT’ OF THE CITY? 18 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 11:6-9 WHAT WAS THE SECOND DISTRICT? READ:ZEPHANIAH 1:10 10There shall be on that day, says the LORD, The sound of a mournful cry from the Fish Gate, a wailing from the Second Quarter, and a loud crashing from the hills.(NKJ) READ:2 CHRONICLES 34:22 22Hilkiah and those the king had appointed went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe.

(She dwelt in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter.) And they spoke to her to that effect.(NKJ) 19 READ:NEHEMIAH 11: Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, and Jachin; 11Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the leader of the house of God. 20 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 11: Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, and Jachin; 11Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the leader of the house of God. WHO WAS NAMED OF THE PRIESTS? WHO WAS THE LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF GOD? WHY LIST THEIR ANCESTRY?

21 READ:NEHEMIAH 11: Their brethren who did the work of the house were eight hundred and twenty-two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, 13And his brethren, heads of the fathers' houses, were two hundred and forty-two; and Amashai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, 14And their brethren, mighty men of valor, were one hundred and twenty-eight. Their overseer was Zabdiel the son of one of the great men.

22 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 11: Their brethren who did the work of the house were eight hundred and twenty-two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, 13And his brethren, heads of the fathers' houses, were two hundred and forty-two; and Amashai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, WHO WERE THESE ‘BRETHREN’? WHAT ‘HOUSE’ DID THEY WORK AT? HOW MANY WERE THERE?(822)? HOW MANY WERE OF THE HOUSE OF ADAIAH?(242)? 23 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 11: And his brethren, heads of the fathers' houses, were two hundred and forty-two. And Amashai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, 14And their brethren, mighty men of valor, were one hundred and twenty-eight.

Their overseer was Zabdiel the son of one of the great men. HOW MANY OF THE HOUSE OF AMASHAI?(128)? WHAT KIND OF MEN WERE THEY? WHO WAS THEIR OVERSEER? 24 READ:NEHEMIAH 11: Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; 16Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the heads of the Levites, had the oversight of the business outside of the house of God; 17Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, the leader who began the thanksgiving with prayer, and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

25 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 11: Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; 16Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the heads of the Levites, had the oversight of the business outside of the house of God; WHO ELSE WAS OF THE LEVITES? WHAT DID THEY HAVE THE ‘OVERSIGHT’ OF? READ: 1 CHRONICLES 26:29 29Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons performed duties as officials and judges over Israel outside Jerusalem.(NKJ) 26 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 11: Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, the leader who began the thanksgiving with prayer, and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. WHAT WAS MATTANIAH’S RESPONSIBILTY? WHO WERE HIS ASSISTANTS?

27 READ:NEHEMIAH 11: All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred and eighty-four. 19Moreover the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren who kept the gates, were one hundred and seventy-two. 20The rest of Israel, of the priests and Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, everyone in his inheritance. 21But the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel. And Ziha and Gishpa were over the Nethinim. 28 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 11: All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred and eighty-four.(284)? 19Moreover the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren who kept the gates, were one hundred and seventy-two.(172)? WHAT WAS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF LEVITES? WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE GATEKEEPERS? HOW MANY WERE THERE?

READ: EZRA 2:40-42 29 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 11:18-21 COMPARED TO THE TIME OF EZRA READ:EZRA 2: The Levites: the sons of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the sons of Hodaviah, seventy-four.(74)? 41The singers: the sons of Asaph, one hundred and twenty- eight.(128)? 42The sons of the gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, and the sons of Shobai, one hundred and thirty-nine in all.(139)? 30 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 11: The rest of Israel, of the priests and Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, everyone in his inheritance. WHERE DID THE REST OF THE PEOPLE DWELL?

READ:NUMBERS 34:2 2Command the children of Israel, and say to them: When you come into the land of Canaan, this is the land that shall fall to you as an inheritance-- the land of Canaan to its boundaries.(NKJ) WHEN DID THEY RECEIVE THIS INHERITANCE? 31 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 11:18-21 WHEN DID THEY RECEIVE THIS INHERITANCE? READ:NUMBERS 33:54 54You shall divide the land by lot as an inheritance among your families; to the larger you shall give a larger inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give a smaller inheritance; there everyone's inheritance shall be whatever falls to him by lot. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers.(NKJ) DID THEY KNOW WHAT THEIR INHERITANCE WAS? 32 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 11: But the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel. And Ziha and Gishpa were over the Nethinim. WHERE DID THE NETHINIM DWELL?

READ:NEHEMIAH 3:26 26The Nethinim who dwelt in Ophel made repairs as far as the place in front of the Water Gate toward the east, and on the projecting tower.(NKJ) WAS OPHEL A PART OF THE WALL? WHO WAS TO BE OVER THEM? WHAT WAS THEIR PURPOSE? 33 READ:NEHEMIAH 11: Also the overseer of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha, of the sons of Asaph, the singers in charge of the service of the house of God. 23For it was the king's command concerning them that a certain portion should be for the singers, a quota day by day. 24Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was the king's deputy in all matters concerning the people.

34 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 11: The overseer of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha, of the sons of Asaph, the singers in charge of the service of the house of God. KJV 22The chief officer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. Uzzi was one of Asaph's descendants, who were the singers responsible for the service of the house of God.(NIV) WHO WAS THE ‘OVERSEER’ OF THE LEVITES? WHO WAS ASAPH? 35 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 11: The overseer of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha, of the sons of Asaph, the singers in charge of the service of the house of God.

23For it was the king's command concerning them that a certain portion should be for the singers, a quota day by day. WHO WAS ASAPH? WHAT KING COMMANDED THIS? 36 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 11:22-24 WHAT KING COMMANDED THIS? READ:1 CHRONICLES 25:1-7 1David and the captains of the army separated for the service some of the sons of Asaph, of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, stringed instruments, and cymbals. And the number of the skilled men performing their service was: 6All these were under the direction of their father for the music in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and harps, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the authority of the king. 7The number of them, with their brethren who were instructed in the songs of the LORD, all who were skillful, was two hundred and eighty-eight.

(NKJ) 37 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 11: Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was the king's deputy in all matters concerning the people. WHAT KING IS THIS?ARTXERXES? WHO WAS THE KING’S DEPUTY? WHAT WAS HIS FUNCTION? GOVERNOR OF JUDAH? OR JERUSALEM? WHAT ABOUT NEHEMIAH? 38 READ:NEHEMIAH 11: As for the villages with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt in Kirjath Arba and its villages, Dibon and its villages, Jekabzeel and its villages; 26In Jeshua, Moladah, Beth Pelet, 27Hazar Shual, and Beersheba and its villages; 28In Ziklag and Meconah and its villages; 29In En Rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth, 30Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages; in Lachish and its fields; in Azekah and its villages.

They dwelt from Beersheba to the Valley of Hinnom. 39 IN WHAT VILLAGES DID THEY DWELL? 25As for the villages with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt in Kirjath Arba and its villages, Dibon and its villages, Jekabzeel and its villages; 26In Jeshua, Moladah, Beth Pelet, 27Hazar Shual, and Beersheba and its villages; 28In Ziklag and Meconah and its villages; 29In En Rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth, 30Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages; in Lachish and its fields; in Azekah and its villages. They dwelt from Beersheba to the Valley of Hinnom.

SEE:JOSHUA 15:27-39JOSHUA 18:21-28 40 READ:NEHEMIAH 11: Also the children of Benjamin from Geba dwelt in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel, and their villages; 32in Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah; 33in Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim; 34in Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat; 35in Lod, Ono, and the Valley of Craftsmen. 36Some of the Judean divisions of Levites were in Benjamin.(NKJ) 41 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 11: Also the children of Benjamin from Geba dwelt in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel, and their villages; 32in Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah; 33in Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim; 34in Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat; 35in Lod, Ono, and the Valley of Craftsmen.

36Some of the Judean divisions of Levites were in Benjamin.(NKJ) SEE:JOSHUA 15:27-39JOSHUA 18:21-28 42 Temple: Solomon's: Destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, and the Valuable Contents Carried to Babylon And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire. Nave's Topical Index—AKJV Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon. Nave's Topical Index—AKJV O God, the heathen are come into your inheritance; your holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. Nave's Topical Index—AKJV Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised you, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.

Nave's Topical Index—AKJV Jeremiah 27:16,19-22 Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus said the LORD; Listen not to the words of your prophets that prophesy to you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie to you. Nave's Topical Index—AKJV Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon: Nave's Topical Index—AKJV And burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire: Nave's Topical Index—AKJV Lamentations 2:7 The LORD has cast off his altar, he has abhorred his sanctuary, he has given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.

Nave's Topical Index—AKJV How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. Nave's Topical Index—AKJV Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods; Nave's Topical Index—AKJV THE TEMPLE SOLOMON’S TEMPLE SOLOMON FINISHED THE TEMPLE(959 BC)? DESTROYED BY NEBUCHADNEZZAR(586 BC)? ZERUBBABEL’S TEMPLE RECONSTRUCTION UNDER CYRUS( ppt download Similar presentations More Presentation on theme: "THE TEMPLE SOLOMON’S TEMPLE SOLOMON FINISHED THE TEMPLE(959 BC)? DESTROYED BY NEBUCHADNEZZAR(586 BC)? ZERUBBABEL’S TEMPLE RECONSTRUCTION UNDER CYRUS(536."— Presentation transcript: 1 THE TEMPLE SOLOMON’S TEMPLE SOLOMON FINISHED THE TEMPLE(959 BC)?

DESTROYED BY NEBUCHADNEZZAR(586 BC)? ZERUBBABEL’S TEMPLE RECONSTRUCTION UNDER CYRUS(536 BC)? BUILDING CEASES UNDER ARTAXERXES(17 YEARS)? BUILDING CONTINUES UNDER DARIUS (519 BC)? TEMPLE COMPLETED UNDER DARIUS(516 BC)? ( BC)? HEROD’S TEMPLE CONSTRUCTION BEGAN(20 BC)? COMPLETED 46 YEARS (JOHN 2:20)(64 AD)? 2 CHRONOLOGY OF BOOKS OBADIAH( BC)? EZEKIEL( BC)? DANIEL( BC)? EZRA( BC)? ZECHARIAH( BC)? ESTHER( BC)? NEHEMIAH( BC)? MALACHI( BC)? 3 BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY NEBUCHADNEZZARDANIEL 1:1(539 BC)? CYRUSEZRA 1-3( BC)? AHASUERUSEZRA 4 (7 MONTHS)(537 BC)? DARIUSEZRA 5-6( BC)?

QUEEN ESTHERESTHER 2-10( BC)? ARTAXERXES LONGIMANUS( BC)? EZRA 7-10( BC)? NEHEMIAH 1-13( BC)? 4 PEOPLE TO REMEMBER NEBUCHADNEZZAR - DESTROYED JERUSALEM(586 BC)? ARTAXERXES - KING OF PERSIA BC? LONGIMANUS- SON OF XERXES NEHEMIAH - COMFORTED OF YAHWEH SON OF HACHALIAH - BROTHER OF HANANI BC?

ADVERSARIES OF NEHEMIAH SANBALLAT THE HORONITE - GOVERNOR OF SAMARIA TOBIAH THE AMMONITE - JOINT GOVERNOR WITH SANBALLAT GESHEM THE ARAB - CHIEF OF THE ARABS IN SAMARIA ELIASHIB THE HIGH PRIEST EZRA THE PRIEST - THE SCRIBE 5 OUTLINE NEHEMIAH CHAPTER TEN NAMES OF THOSE WHO SEALED THE COVENANT:V PROMISE NOT MARRY THE FOREIGN PEOPLE:V PROMISE TO OBSERVE THE SABBATHS:V.

31 PROMISE TO PROVIDE FOR THE SANCTUARY:V PROMISE TO TITHE TO SUPPORT THE LEVITES:V 6 READ:NEHEMIAH 10:1-8 1Those who placed their seal on the document were: Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah, 2Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 3Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah, 4Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, 5Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, 6Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, 7Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, 8Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests. 7 READ:NEHEMIAH 10:9-17 9The Levites: Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, and Kadmiel.

10Their brethren: Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, 11Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah, 12Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, 13Hodijah, Bani, and Beninu.

14The leaders of the people: Parosh, Pahath-Moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani, 15Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, 16Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, 17Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur, 8 READ:NEHEMIAH 10: Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai, 19Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, 20Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, 21Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua, 22Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, 23Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub, 24Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek, 25Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, 26Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, 27Malluch, Harim, and Baanah. 9 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 10:1-27 WHO SIGNED THE COVENANT?

HEZEKIAH THE GOVERNOR TWENTY-TWO PRIESTS SEVENTEEN LEVITES AND FORTY-FOUR OF THEIR BRETHREN WHY HAVE ALL THESE MEN SIGN THE COVENANT?

10 READ:NEHEMIAH 10: The rest of the people-- the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had knowledge and understanding-- 29These joined with their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse and an oath to walk in God's Law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and His ordinances and His statutes: 11 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 10: The rest of the people-- the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, everyone who had knowledge and understanding— 29These joined with their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse and an oath to walk in God's Law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, to observe and do all the command

ments of the LORD our Lord, and His ordinances and His statutes: WHO WERE ‘THE REST OF THE PEOPLE’?

WHAT DID THEY AGREE TO DO? 12 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 10:28-29 HOW HAD THEY SEPARATED THEMSELVES? READ:EZRA 10: Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, You have transgressed and have taken pagan wives, adding to the guilt of Israel. 11Now make confession to the LORD God of your fathers, and do His will; separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the pagan wives. 44All these had taken pagan wives, and some of them had wives by whom they had children.(NKJ) 13 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 10: These joined with their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse and an oath to walk in God's Law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and His ordinances and His statutes: 14 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 10:28-29 WHAT WAS ‘THE CURSE AND THE OATH’ OF THE LAW?

READ:DEUTERONOMY 11: Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse: 27The blessing, if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you today; 28And the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside from the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known. 15 READ:NEHEMIAH 10: We would not give our daughters as wives to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons; 31If the peoples of the land brought wares or any grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we would not buy it from them on the Sabbath, or on a holy day; and we would forego the seventh year's produce and the exacting of every debt. 16 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 10: We would not give our daughters as wives to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons; WHY NOT INTER-MARRY?

READ:DEUTERONOMY 7:2-4 17 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 10:30-31 WHY NOT INTER-MARRY? READ:DEUTERONOMY 7:2-4 2When the LORD your God delivers them over to you, you shall conquer them and utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them nor show mercy to them. 3Nor shall you make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to their son, nor take their daughter for your son. 4For they will turn your sons away from following Me, to serve other gods; so the anger of the LORD will be aroused against you and destroy you suddenly. (NKJ) WHY DID THE LORD GIVE THIS COMMANDMENT? DOES IT APPLY TO US TODAY? 18 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 10: If the peoples of the land brought wares or any grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we would not buy it from them on the Sabbath, or on a holy day; andwe would forego the seventh year's produce and the exacting of every debt. WHY NOT BARTER ON THE SABBATH DAY?

READ: EXODUS 20:8-10: WHAT ABOUT ‘THE SEVENTH YEAR’S PRODUCE’? READ: LEVITICUS 25:4-5 WHAT ABOUT ‘EXACTING EVERY DEBT’? READ: DEUTERONOMY 15:1-2 19 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 10:30-31 WHY NOT BARTER ON THE SABBATH? READ:EXODUS 20:8-10 8Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates.(NKJ) WHEN WAS THE ‘SABBATH DAY’? WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMANDMENT? DOES IT APPLY TO US TODAY? 20 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 10:30-31 WHAT ABOUT THE SEVENTH YEAR’S PRODUCEW?

READ:LEVITICUS 25:4-5 4In the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to the LORD. You shall neither sow your field nor prune your vineyard. 5What grows of its own accord of your harvest you shall not reap, nor gather the grapes of your untended vine, for it is a year of rest for the land. WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMANDMENT? 21 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 10:30-31 WHAT ABOUT EXACTING EVERY DEBT? READ:DEUTERONOMY 15:1-2 1At the end of every seven years you shall grant a release of debts. 2This is the form of the release: Every creditor who has lent anything to his neighbor shall release it, He shall not require it of his neighbor or his brother, because it is called the LORD'S release. WHY DID THE LORD GIVE THIS COMMANDMENT? DOES IS APPLY TO US TODAY?

22 READ:NEHEMIAH 10: We made ordinances for ourselves, to exact from ourselves yearly one-third of a shekel for the service of the house of our God: 33For the showbread, for the regular grain offering, for the regular burnt offering of the Sabbaths, the New Moons, and the set feasts; for the holy things, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and all the work of the house of our God. 23 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 10: We made ordinances for ourselves, to exact from ourselves yearly one-third of a shekel for the service of the house of our God: WHAT OTHER ORDINANCE DID THEY EXACT? READ:EXODUS 30:13 13This is what everyone among those who are numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (a shekel is twenty gerahs).

The half-shekel shall be an offering to the LORD.(NKJ) 24 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 10: For the showbread, for the regular grain offering, for the regular burnt offering of the Sabbaths, the New Moons, and the set feasts; for the holy things, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and all the work of the house of our God. WHAT WAS THIS TO BE USED FOR? 25 READ:NEHEMIAH 10:34 34We cast lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for bringing the wood offering into the house of our God, according to our fathers' houses, at the appointed times year by year, to burn on the altar of the LORD our God as it is written in the Law. 26 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 10:34 34We cast lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for bringing the wood offering into the house of our God, according to our fathers' houses, at the appointed times year by year, to burn on the altar of the LORD our God as it is written in the Law.

WHY DID THEY ‘CAST LOTS’? WHAT WAS THE WOOD TO BE USED FOR? 27 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 10:34 WHAT WAS THE WOOD TO BE USED FOR? READ:LEVITICUS 6: The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it. It shall not be put out. The priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order on it. And he shall burn on it the fat of the peace offerings.

13A fire shall always be burning on the altar; it shall never go out.(NKJ) 28 READ:NEHEMIAH 10: We made ordinances to bring the firstfruits of our ground and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, to the house of the LORD; 36To bring the firstborn of our sons and our cattle, as it is written in the Law, and the firstborn of our herds and our flocks, to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God; 37To bring the firstfruits of our dough, our offerings, the fruit from all kinds of trees, the new wine and oil, to the priests, to the storerooms of the house of our God; and to bring the tithes of our land to the Levites, for the Levites should receive the tithes in all our farming communities.

29 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 10: We made ordinances to bring the first fruits of our ground and the first fruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, to the house of the LORD; 36To bring the firstborn of our sons and our cattle, as it is written in the Law, and the firstborn of our herds and our flocks, to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God; WHAT WAS THE LAW OF ‘THE FIRST FRUITS’? WHAT WAS THE LAW OF ‘THE FIRST BORN’? 30 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 10:35-37 WHAT IS THE ORDINANCE OF THE FIRST FRUITS? READ:DEUTERONOMY 26:2 2You shall take some of the first of all the produce of the ground, which you shall bring from your land that the LORD your God is giving you, and put it in a basket and go to the place where the LORD your God chooses to make His name abide.

31 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 10:35-37 WHAT IS THE LAW OF THE FIRSTBORN? READ:EXODUS 13:2 2Consecrate to Me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and beast; it is Mine. NKJ EXODUS 13:12 12You shall set apart to the LORD all that open the womb, that is, every firstborn that comes from an animal which you have; the males shall be the LORD'S.(NKJ) EXODUS 34:19 19All that open the womb are Mine, every male firstborn among your livestock, whether ox or sheep.(NKJ) WHAT IS ‘THE FIRSTBORN’? WHO DOES IT BELONG TO?WHY? 32 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 10:35-37 WHY DO ALL THE FIRSTBORN BELONG TO GOD?

READ:EXODUS 13:15 15It came to pass, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast. Therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all males that open the womb, but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem. 33 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 10: To bring the first fruits of our dough, our offerings, the fruit from all kinds of trees, the new wine and oil, to the priests, to the storerooms of the house of our God; and to bring the tithes of our land to the Levites, for the Levites should receive the tithes in all our farming communities. WHAT ‘FIRSTFRUITS’ DID THEY BRING? WHAT DID THEY ‘TITHE’? WHY TO THE PRIESTS AND LEVITES? 34 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 10:35-37 WHY GIVE TITHES TO THE LEVITES?

READ:NUMBERS 18:21 21Behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work which they perform, the work of the tabernacle of meeting.(NKJ) 35 READ:NEHEMIAH 10: The priest, the descendant of Aaron, shall be with the Levites when the Levites receive tithes; and the Levites shall bring up a tenth of the tithes to the house of our God, to the rooms of the storehouse. 39The children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the grain, of the new wine and the oil, to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are, where the priests who minister and the gatekeepers and the singers are; and we will not neglect the house of our God.(NKJ) 36 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 10: The priest, the descendant of Aaron, shall be with the Levites when the Levites receive tithes. And the Levites shall bring up a tenth of the tithes to the house of our God, to the rooms of the storehouse.

WHO ARE THE DESCENDENTS OF AARON’? THE ‘HIGH PRIESTS’? WHO ARE THE LEVITES? THE DESCEDENTS OF LEVI? WHAT SHOULD THE LEVITES TITHE? 37 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 10:38-39 WHAT SHOULD THE LEVITES TITHE? READ:NUMBERS 18:26 26Speak thus to the Levites, and say to them: When you take from the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them as your inheritance, then you shall offer up a heave offering of it to the LORD, a tenth of the tithe. 38 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 10: The children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the grain, of the new wine and the oil, to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are, where the priests who minister and the gatekeepers and the singers are; and we will not neglect the house of our God.(NKJ) WHAT DID THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL AND THE CHILDREN OF LEVI DO? DID THEY ALL TITHE?

WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF ‘TITHING’? 39 QUESTIONS:NEHEMIAH 10:38-39 WHY DID THEY TITHE? READ:MALACHI 3:8-10 8Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, In what way have we robbed You? In tithes and offerings. 9You are cursed with a curse, for you have robbed Me, even this whole nation. 10Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, and try Me now in this, says the LORD of hosts, If I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it. (NKJ) 40 WHO WAS COMMANDED TO TITHE? HOW SHOULD WE GIVE TO THE LORD?

READ:1 CORINTHIANS 16:2 2On the first day of the week let each one of you lay something aside, storing up as he may prosper, that there be no collections when I come.(NKJ) READ:2 CORINTHIANS 9:7-8 7So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. 8God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.(NKJ) 41

Question: Who destroyed the Temple built by Solomon in Jerusalem?
Answer: Nebuchadnezzar