Nehemiah 8a
Where did all the people gather together in the street?
A. The temple
B. The Sheep Gate
C. The King's palace
D. The Water Gate
D. The Water Gate
Nehemiah 8:1 "And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate;"
On what day of the month did Ezra bring the Law before the people?
A. First day
B. Seventh day
C. Tenth day
D. Fourteenth day
A. First day
Nehemiah 8:2 "And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month."
What did the children of Israel do on the twenty-fourth day of the month?
A. Built the wall
B. Assembled with fasting
C. Went to war
D. Celebrated a feast
Answer: B — Assembled with fasting
Nehemiah 9:1 — “the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.”
What did they do for another fourth of the day?
A. Ate and celebrated
B. Confessed and worshipped
C. Built booths
D. Prepared sacrifices
Answer: B — Confessed and worshipped
Nehemiah 9:3 — “and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.”
Who is listed first among those who sealed the covenant?
A. Ezra
B. Nehemiah
C. Eliashib
D. Hananiah
Answer: B — Nehemiah
Nehemiah 10:1 — “Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha…”
Who did the people ask to bring the Book of the Law?
A. Nehemiah
B. Ezra
C. Eliashib
D. Maaseiah
B. Ezra
Nehemiah 8:1 "and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel."
From what time did Ezra read the Law?
A. Morning until midday
B. Midday until evening
C. Evening until midnight
D. All night
A. Morning until midday
Nehemiah 8:3 "And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law."
What did the Israelites confess?
A. Their victories
B. Their sins and the iniquities of their fathers
C. Their sins and the iniquities of their children
D. Their wealth
Answer: B — Their sins and the iniquities of their fathers
📖 Nehemiah 9:2 "And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers."
Who stood upon the stairs of the Levites and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD?
A. Ezra and Jeshua
B. Nehemiah and Jeshua
C. Several Levites
D. The nobles
Answer: C — Several Levites
Nehemiah 9:4 — “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."
Whom did the Israelites promise not to give their daughters or sons in marriage to?
A. Egyptians
B. Babylonians
C. The people of the land
D. Persians
Answer: C — The people of the land
Nehemiah 10:30 — “And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons.”
What did the Levites do as the Law was being read?
A. Collected offerings
B. Explained the Law
C. Guarded the gates
D. Prepared sacrifices
B — Explained the Law
Nehemiah 8:7–8 "Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading."
Who told the people not to mourn or weep?
A. The priests only
B. Nehemiah, Ezra, and the Levites
C. Nehemiah only
D. The elders only
B. Nehemiah, Ezra, and the Levites
Nehemiah 8:9 "And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law."
Whom did God choose and bring out of Ur of the Chaldees?
A. Moses
B. Abraham
C. Isaac
D. Jacob
Answer: B — Abraham
Nehemiah 9:7 — “Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees.”
How long did God sustain Israel in the wilderness?
A. 7 years
B. 12 years
C. 40 years
D. 70 years
Answer: C — 40 years
Nehemiah 9:21 — “Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness.”
How much were the Israelites required to contribute annually for the service of the house of God?
A. One shekel
B. One-third of a shekel
C. One-half shekel
D. Two shekels
Answer: B — One-third of a shekel
Nehemiah 10:32 — “we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God.”
Why did the people begin to weep?
A. Their enemies attacked
B. Jerusalem was destroyed
C. They were convicted by the Law
D. Ezra died
C — They were convicted by the Law
Nehemiah 8:9 "And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law."
Since whose days had Israel not celebrated the feast in this manner?
A. Moses
B. David
C. Joshua
D. Solomon
C. Joshua
Nehemiah 8:17 "And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness."
Despite all that God had done, how did the Israelites and their fathers respond?
A. They remained faithful
B. They became proud and hardened their necks
C. They immediately entered Canaan
D. They praised God continually
Answer: B — They became proud and hardened their necks
Nehemiah 9:16 — “but they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks.”
According to Nehemiah 9, what happened repeatedly after God gave Israel deliverance?
A. Israel immediately obeyed God
B. Israel sinned again, God delivered them to enemies, and they cried to Him
C. Israel left the promised land
D. Israel stopped worshipping altogether
Answer: B — Israel sinned, was disciplined, and cried to God
Nehemiah 9:28 — “after they had rest, they did evil again before thee… yet when they cried unto thee, thou heardest from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them.”
What did the Israelites promise to bring to the house of God concerning their firstborn?
A. Only the firstborn sons
B. The firstborn of their sons and cattle
C. Firstborn of their sons, daughters and cattles
D. Their firstborn daughters
Answer: B — The firstborn of their sons and cattle
Nehemiah 10:36 — “Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law.”
What did they discover was written in the Law concerning the seventh month?
A. They were to fast
B. They were to build booths
C. They were to dwell in booths
D. They were to leave Jerusalem
B — They were to dwell booths
Nehemiah 8:14 "And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month:"
Which combination of branches were the people specifically instructed to gather?
A. Cedar, oak, and fig
B. Olive, pine, myrtle, palm, and thick-tree branches
C. Olive, cedar, and grape
D. Palm, cedar, and olive
B. Olive, pine, myrtle, palm, and thick-tree branches
Nehemiah 8:15 "And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written."
What did the Israelites do in their rebellion against God?
A. Returned to Egypt physically
B. Appointed a captain to return to their bondage
C. Destroyed the Law
D. Attacked Moses
Answer: B — They appointed a captain to return to their bondage
Nehemiah 9:17 — “And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage.”
According to Nehemiah 9, what did God give Israel to instruct them?
A. The spirit of prophecy
B. His good spirit
C. A new prophet
D. His commandments
Answer: B — His good spirit
Nehemiah 9:20 — “Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them.”
What did the Israelites promise to bring concerning the firstfruits of their land and trees?
A. The firstfruits to the house of the LORD
B. Half to the king
C. Half of the firstfruits to the house of the LORD, and the other half to the Levites
D. Bring only the first fruits of the olive tree to the house of the LORD
Answer: A — The firstfruits to the house of the LORD
Nehemiah 10:35 — “And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD.”