Lectionary Calendar
Tuesday, April 7th, 2026
Tuesday in Easter Week
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!

Read the Bible

Good News Translation

Nehemiah 9:14

You taught them to keep your Sabbaths holy, and through your servant Moses you gave them your laws.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Law;   Sabbath;   Sin;   Thankfulness;   Scofield Reference Index - Sabbath;   The Topic Concordance - Giving and Gifts;   Guidance;   Living Waters;   Servants;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prayer, Public;   Privileges of Saints;   Sabbath, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ezra;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Covenant;   Time;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Prayer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezra, Book of;   Nehemiah;   Providence;   Salvation;   Truth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the Old Testament;   Ezra;   Ezra, Book of;   Love, Lover, Lovely, Beloved;   Nehemiah, Book of;   Prayer;   Synagogue;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Prayer;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Eleazar B. Abina;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You revealed your holy Sabbath to them,and gave them commands, statutes, and instructionthrough your servant Moses.
Hebrew Names Version
and mad known to them your holy Shabbat, and commanded them mitzvot, and statutes, and a law, by Moshe your servant,
King James Version
And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
English Standard Version
and you made known to them your holy Sabbath and commanded them commandments and statutes and a law by Moses your servant.
New Century Version
You told them about your holy Sabbath and gave them commands, orders, and teachings through your servant Moses.
New English Translation
You made known to them your holy Sabbath; you issued commandments, statutes, and law to them through Moses your servant.
Amplified Bible
"So You made known to them Your holy Sabbath, And gave them commandments, statutes, and law, Through Your servant Moses.
New American Standard Bible
"So You made known to them Your holy Sabbath, And gave them commandments, statutes, and law, Through Your servant Moses.
World English Bible
and mad known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses your servant,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And declaredst vnto them thine holy Sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, and ordinances, and lawes, by the hande of Moses thy seruant:
Legacy Standard Bible
So You made known to them Your holy sabbath,And commanded to them commandments, statutes and law,By the hand of Your servant Moses.
Berean Standard Bible
You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath, and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.
Contemporary English Version
You commanded them to respect your holy Sabbath, and you instructed your servant Moses to teach them your laws.
Complete Jewish Bible
You revealed to them your holy Shabbat and gave them mitzvot, laws and the Torah through Moshe your servant.
Darby Translation
And thou madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and prescribedst for them commandments and statutes and a law, through Moses thy servant.
Easy-to-Read Version
You told them about your special day of rest—the Sabbath. Through your servant Moses, you gave them commands, laws, and teachings.
George Lamsa Translation
And thou didst make known to them thy holy sabbath and commandments and statutes and laws which thou commandedst by the hand of Moses thy servant;
Lexham English Bible
You made known your holy Sabbath to them and gave them commandments, regulations, and law by the hand of your servant Moses.
Literal Translation
And You made Your holy sabbath known to them, and You commanded commandments, statutes, and laws, to them by the hand of Your servant Moses.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and declared vnto them thy holy Sabbath, and commaunded them preceptes, ordinaunces, and lawes, by Moses thy seruaunt:
American Standard Version
and madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses thy servant,
Bible in Basic English
And you gave them word of your holy Sabbath, and gave them orders and rules and a law, by the hand of Moses your servant:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And declaredst vnto them thy holy Sabbath, and commaundedst them preceptes, ordinaunces, and lawes, by the hande of Moyses thy seruaunt:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and madest known unto them Thy holy sabbath, and didst command them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by the hand of Moses Thy servant;
King James Version (1611)
And madest knowen vnto them thy holy Sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and lawes, by the hand of Moses thy seruant:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou didst make known to them thy holy sabbath; thou didst enjoin upon them commandments, and ordinances, and a law, by the hand of thy servant Moses.
English Revised Version
and madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thou schewidist to hem an halewid sabat; and thou comaundidist `to hem comaundementis, and cerymonyes, and lawe, in the hond of Moises, thi seruaunt.
Update Bible Version
and made known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses your slave,
Webster's Bible Translation
And madest known to them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
New King James Version
You made known to them Your holy Sabbath, And commanded them precepts, statutes and laws, By the hand of Moses Your servant.
New Living Translation
You instructed them concerning your holy Sabbath. And you commanded them, through Moses your servant, to obey all your commands, decrees, and instructions.
New Life Bible
You made known to them Your holy Day of Rest, and gave them Laws through Your servant Moses.
New Revised Standard
and you made known your holy sabbath to them and gave them commandments and statutes and a law through your servant Moses.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, thy holy sabbath, didst thou make known to them, - and, commandments and statutes and a law, didst thou command them, through Moses thy servant.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou madest known to them thy holy sabbath, and didst prescribe to them commandments, and ceremonies, and the law by the hand of Moses thy servant.
Revised Standard Version
and thou didst make known to them thy holy sabbath and command them commandments and statutes and a law by Moses thy servant.
Young's Literal Translation
And Thy holy sabbath Thou hast made known to them, and commands, and statutes, and law, Thou hast commanded for them, by the hand of Moses Thy servant;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"So You made known to them Your holy sabbath, And laid down for them commandments, statutes and law, Through Your servant Moses.

Contextual Overview

4 There was a platform for the Levites, and on it stood Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani. They prayed aloud to the Lord their God. 5 The following Levites gave a call to worship: Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah. They said: "Stand up and praise the Lord your God; praise him forever and ever! Let everyone praise his glorious name, although no human praise is great enough." 6 And then the people of Israel prayed this prayer: "You, Lord , you alone are Lord ; you made the heavens and the stars of the sky. You made land and sea and everything in them; you gave life to all. The heavenly powers bow down and worship you. 7 You, Lord God, chose Abram and led him out of Ur in Babylonia; you changed his name to Abraham. 8 You found that he was faithful to you, and you made a covenant with him. You promised to give him the land of the Canaanites, the land of the Hittites and the Amorites, the land of the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Girgashites, to be a land where his descendants would live. You kept your promise, because you are faithful. 9 "You saw how our ancestors suffered in Egypt; you heard their call for help at the Red Sea. 10 You worked amazing miracles against the king, against his officials and the people of his land, because you knew how they oppressed your people. You won then the fame you still have today. 11 Through the sea you made a path for your people and led them through on dry ground. Those who pursued them drowned in deep water, as a stone sinks in the raging sea. 12 With a cloud you led them in daytime, and at night you lighted their way with fire. 13 At Mount Sinai you came down from heaven; you spoke to your people and gave them good laws and sound teachings.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

madest: Genesis 2:3, Exodus 16:29, Exodus 20:8-11, Ezekiel 20:12, Ezekiel 20:20

commandedst: Exodus 21:1 - Exodus 23:33, Leviticus 27:34, Deuteronomy 4:5, Deuteronomy 4:45, Deuteronomy 5:31

Moses: Nehemiah 1:8, John 1:17

Reciprocal: Exodus 16:25 - General Exodus 18:20 - teach Exodus 31:13 - a sign Exodus 31:14 - keep Leviticus 10:11 - General Leviticus 15:2 - unto the Leviticus 23:14 - it shall be 2 Kings 17:37 - wrote for you Psalms 103:7 - He made Psalms 119:66 - I Have Ezekiel 18:9 - walked Ezekiel 20:11 - I gave Ezekiel 20:19 - walk Hosea 8:12 - written Mark 2:27 - General Mark 12:1 - and set Acts 7:38 - who Romans 2:18 - knowest Romans 3:2 - because Romans 9:4 - the giving Hebrews 3:5 - as Revelation 15:3 - the servant

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath,.... Which was not made known to others, and was peculiar to the Jewish nation, and a privilege granted to them, to have rest corporeal and spiritual, typical of the rest in Christ:

and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant; moral, ceremonial, and judicial, such as other nations had not, Deuteronomy 4:8.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 14. Madest known unto them thy holy Sabbath — They appear to have forgotten this first of all the commandments of God, during their sojourning in Egypt.


 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile