Bible Strands
Nehemiah 9:14
You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Levites speak this prayer to God before the assembled post-exilic community, recounting Israel’s history at the moment of covenant renewal.
The words — הוֹדַ֣עַתָ (ho.Da.'a.ta) = you made known, and שַׁבַּ֥ת (sha.Bat) = Sabbath.
The thread — The Sabbath motif runs from Genesis 2:3, where God sanctifies the seventh day, to Exodus 20:8, which commands its remembrance, and Ezekiel 20:12, which presents Sabbaths as a sign of divine sanctification.
Why it lands — The text states God revealed the Sabbath and delivered commandments, statutes, and laws through Moses. It requires a reader to acknowledge divine initiative in establishing worship boundaries and to accept the authority of those revealed instructions.
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The Hebrew words
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:
Cross-references
- Exodus 20:8 Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
- Genesis 2:3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.
- Ezekiel 20:12 I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
- Ezekiel 20:20 Keep My Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’
- Exodus 16:23 He told them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. Then set aside whatever remains and keep it until morning.’”
- Exodus 16:29 Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He will give you bread for two days. On the seventh day, everyone must stay where he is; no one may leave his place.”
- Leviticus 27:34 These are the commandments that the LORD gave to Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.
- Deuteronomy 4:5 See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess.
- Deuteronomy 4:45 These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses proclaimed to them after they had come out of Egypt,
- Deuteronomy 5:31 But you stand here with Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and statutes and ordinances you are to teach them to follow in the land that I am giving them to possess.”