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Nehemiah 9
On the twenty-fourth day the people fast in sackcloth and confess their sins. The Levites lead a long prayer retelling God's faithfulness from creation, Abraham and the exodus through the wilderness and the land to the exile, and the people make a binding agreement.
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How sure can we be?
- Textually stated
A pillar of cloud led by day and a pillar of fire by night, and it did not depart.
Stated in Exodus 13:21–22 and recalled in Nehemiah 9:12 and Psalm 105:39.
- Plausible
“As the scripture hath said” gathers several Old Testament promises of water rather than quoting one verse.
No verse matches the words. Zechariah 14 joins living waters from Jerusalem with the Feast of Tabernacles (14:8, 14:16); Ezekiel 47 sees water flowing from the temple; Isaiah 58:11 promises a spring that does not fail; the wilderness rock (Exodus 17:6, Psalm…