Reading for December 13th

Read Nehemiah 6.15-19. In 6.15-7.5: The walls are completed. This section which recounts the completion of the physical work of refortifiying the city, ends with a note on the relatively few people in the city. The building of the walls is not the final completion of the formation of the "house of God." In 6.17: The nobles of Judah are an indefinite group, but presumably related to a traditional aristocracy. In verse 18: For many in Judah were bound by oath to him: The reasons are not specified. Presumably their support of Tobiah results not from opposition to Nehemiah as much as being bound by their oaths. Commenst or Questions..