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Ferrar Fentons 'Holy Bible in Modern English. All spelling, punctuation and formatting maintained through-out. Verse ordering follows the King James version for clarity and necessary organization of the verses.

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RF NEH 9:1 "Afterwards, on the twenty-fourth day of that month, the Children of Israel met to fast with sackcloth and earth upon them,
RF NEH 9:2 when all of the race of Israel separated themselves from all the sons of foreigners, and they stood up and confessed about their sins, and the faults of their forefathers.
RF NEH 9:3 They also stood up at the Place and read in the Book of the Laws of their EVER-LIVING GOD a quarter of the day, and they confessed in sackcloth to their EVER-LIVING GOD for a quarter.
RF NEH 9:4 "Then the Levites Jeshua and Bani, Kadmial, Shebaniah, Buni, Sharbiah, Bani, Kanani arose and cried to their EVER-LIVING GOD with a loud voice,
RF NEH 9:5 and the Levites Jeshua, and Kadmial, Bani and Hashabiah, Shanbnah, Hodiah, Pethakaiah rose on the platform and said; 'Stand up!'
Anthem.
STANZA 1.
"Thank your EVER-LIVING GOD
For ever and ever;
And bless His Glorious name!—
And exalt beyond all blessing and praise!
RF NEH 9:6
STANZA 2.
"You are alone the LIFE,
Who made the skies, and Heaven of Heavens,
And all their host!
The Earth, and all upon it,
The Seas, and all they contain,
And You gave life to them all,
And the host of Heavens all bow To You
RF NEH 9:7 "You are the LORD GOD who chose Abram, and brought him from Aur1 of the Kasdim, and made his name Father-of-Nations2
RF NEH 9:8 and found his heart faithful before You, and made a Covenant with him, to give the country of the Cananite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizite, and the Ghergashite, to his race and You fulfilled Your promise,—for You are just.
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1 NOTE.—Ch. 9, v. 7, Heb. AUR signified "Fire," and is so interpreted by the Rabbis, but by us usually taken for the name of an unknown City or Town. I confess to a leaning towards thinking the Hebrew tradition that it means "A Fire" into which the Kasdim threw Abram for refusing their idolatry, is the true reading.—F.F.
2 NOTE.—Ch. 9, V. 7. Abr-ah-am "Father of Nations," in Heb. Except by a translation the force of the words is lost—F.F.
RF NEH 9:9 "You also saw the sufferings of our forefathers amongst the Mitzeraim, and heard their shrieks at the Red Sea,
RF NEH 9:10 and produced portents and terrors against Pharaoh and all his Ministers, and all the people of his country, because they had been cruel against them;—so made Yourself a NAME on that day,
RF NEH 9:11 when the sea divided before them, and they passed through the midst of the sea, on the dry, and You flung their pursuers into the deeps, like a stone in the mighty waters
RF NEH 9:12 "Then You led them by a Pillar of Cloud by day, and by a Pillar of Fire by night, to light them on the way they had to march,
RF NEH 9:13 and descended upon Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from the skies; and gave them Just Decrees, and True Laws, Institutions, and Beneficial Commandments.
RF NEH 9:14 You also made known to them Your Holy Sabbath, and Commandments, and Institutions, and Laws, instructing them by means of Moses Your servant.
RF NEH 9:15 "Then You gave them bread from the skies, when hungry, and brought water from the rock for them when they thirsted, and commanded them to advance to seize the country which You had raised Your hand to give to them.
RF NEH 9:16 "But they, and our fathers, were haughty, and stiffened their neck, and would not listen to Your instructions;
RF NEH 9:17 but refused to obey, and would not remember the wonders You had done for them, but stiffened their neck, and in rebellion appointed a Leader to restore them to their slavery.-" But You are a GOD of forgivenesses,—kindness and pity,—slow to anger, and plentiful in mercy,—so did not forsake them.—
RF NEH 9:18 Although they made for themselves a cast metal Calf, and said 'This is your GOD who brought you up from Mitzeraim,' and offered many insults.
RF NEH 9:19 Yet You in Your many mercies did not abandon them in the Desert; You did not take away the Pillar of Cloud from them by day, but led them in the way they ought to march.
RF NEH 9:20 You also gave Your beneficent spirit to instruct them, and did not withhold Your Mana from their mouth, and gave them water when thirsty,
RF NEH 9:21 and provided for them forty years in the Desert! They were not destitute. Their clothing was not in rags, and their feet were not swollen.
RF NEH 9:22 You afterwards gave them Kingdoms and Peoples, and distributed portions to them, so they seized the country of Sihon and the country of the King of HeshLon, and the country of Og, King of Bashan,
RF NEH 9:23 while You increased their children like the stars of the skies, and they arrived at the land which You had promised to their forefathers to bring them to possess;
RF NEH 9:24 and their children advanced and seized the country, for You subdued the Cananite inhabitants of the land before them, and gave them to their power, and they did whatever they desired with the kings and peoples of the country.
RF NEH 9:25 "'They also captured the fortified towns, and the fertile lands, and seized houses full of furniture, wells dug out, vineyards, oliveyards, and fruit trees, in plenty, and they ate, and were full, and fat, and luxuriated on Your benefactions.
RF NEH 9:26 Then they revolted from You, and flung Your Laws away,—following the Heathen,—and slew your Preachers who instructed them to return to You, and committed great outrages.
RF NEH 9:27 You consequently gave them to the hand of their oppressors, who oppressed them, but in the period of oppression they cried to You, and You heard them from the heavens, and from Your great mercies gave them Deliverers who delivered them from the power of their oppressors.
RF NEH 9:28 "'But when they had rest, they did wrong before You, so You abandoned them to the hand of their enemies who persecuted them—and again they returned and cried, and You heard them from the heavens,—saved, and rescued them frequently, in accordance with Your many mercies,
RF NEH 9:29 and instructed them to conduct themselves according to Your laws, but they were haughty and would not listen to your Commands and Decrees, sinning against what a man ought to practice, and live in. But they set a perverse shoulder and a stiff neck and would not obey!
RF NEH 9:30 Yet for many years You held out Your hand to them, and taught them Your spirit by means of Your Preachers, but they would not listen;—so You delivered them to the power of the people of the countries.
RF NEH 9:31 Yet, owing to Your great mercies, You did not entirely destroy them, nor desert them;—for You are a kind and merciful GOD.
RF NEH 9:32 Therefore now, our GOD,—the GREAT, MIGHTY, and TERRIBLE GOD, who keeps his Beneficent Covenant,—let not all the trouble that we and our kings, and princes, and priests, and our preachers, and fathers, and all Your People, have met, be little before You, from the days of the kings of Ashur to this day,
RF NEH 9:33 although You are right in all You have brought upon us, for You have practiced TRUTH, but we FALSEHOOD.
RF NEH 9:34 And our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not practiced Your laws, and have not attended to Your Commandments, and the instructions which You taught to them.
RF NEH 9:35 For they did not serve You in their reigns, and the plentiful prosperity You gave them, and in the rich and fertile country that You gave to their faces; nor did they turn from their wickedness.—
RF NEH 9:36 Therefore we are slaves to-day, and the land that was given to our forefathers, that they might eat its fruits and its products,—we are slaves upon it!
RF NEH 9:37 Yet it produced much for the kings You have set over us for our sins, and they control our bodies, and our cattle, at their pleasure, while we are in great distress.
RF NEH 9:38 "Consequently on account of this, we have made an Agreement, and our Nobles, Levites, and Priests have sealed it,




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AKJV ROM 8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?



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