Nehemiah 9 · Verse 14

Nehemiah 9:14

And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
Nehemiah 9:14, King James Version

Nehemiah 9:14 in other translations

BSBYou revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.
WEBand made known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, statutes, and a law, by Moses your servant,
ASVand madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses thy servant,
YLTAnd 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;
DARBYAnd thou madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and prescribedst for them commandments and statutes and a law, through Moses thy servant.
BBEAnd you gave them word of your holy Sabbath, and gave them orders and rules and a law, by the hand of Moses your servant:
WebsterAnd madest known to them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:

What does Nehemiah 9:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 9:6-38

6-38. Thou, even thou, art Lord alone, &c.--In this solemn and impressive prayer, in which they make public confession of their sins, and deprecate the judgments due to the transgressions of their fathers, they begin with a profound adoration of God, whose supreme majesty and omnipotence is acknowledged in the creation, preservation, and government of all. Then they proceed to enumerate His mercies and distinguished…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Nehemiah 9:4-38

The summary of their prayers we have here upon record. Much more, no doubt, was said. Whatever ability we have to do any thing in the way of duty, we are to serve and glorify God according to the utmost of it. When confessing our sins, it is good to notice the mercies of God, that we may be the more humbled and ashamed. The dealings of the Lord showed his goodness and long-suffering, and the hardness of their…

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Nehemiah 9:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
שַׁבַּ֥תsha.Bat[the] sabbath ofH7676
קָדְשְׁךָ֖kod.she.chaholiness yourH6944
הוֹדַ֣עַתָho.Da.'a.tayou made knownH3045
לָהֶ֑םla.Hemto them
וּמִצְו֤וֹתu.mitz.Votand commandmentsH4687
וְחֻקִּים֙ve.chu.Kimand statutesH2706
וְתוֹרָ֔הve.to.Rahand [the] lawH8451
צִוִּ֣יתָtzi.Vi.tayou commandedH6680
לָהֶ֔םla.Hemto them
בְּיַ֖דbe.Yadby [the] hand ofH3027
מֹשֶׁ֥הmo.ShehMosesH4872
עַבְדֶּֽךָ\׃'av.De.khaservant yourH5650

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Cross references for Nehemiah 9:14

  • Exodus 20:8-11

    Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

  • Genesis 2:3

    And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

  • Ezekiel 20:12

    Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them.

  • Ezekiel 20:20

    And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God.

  • Exodus 16:29

    See, for that the Lord hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.

  • Exodus 16:23

    And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.

  • Leviticus 27:34

    These are the commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.

  • Nehemiah 1:8

    Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:

  • Deuteronomy 4:5

    Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.

  • John 1:17

    For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

  • Deuteronomy 4:45

    These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,

  • Deuteronomy 5:31

    But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.

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madest.
Ge 2:3; Ex 16:29; 20:8-11; Eze 20:12,20
commandedst.
Ex 21:1-23:33; Le 27:34; De 4:5,45; 5:31
Moses.
1:8; Joh 1:17

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Context

  • Nehemiah 9:13

    Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:

  • Nehemiah 9:14

    And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:

  • Nehemiah 9:15

    And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

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Nehemiah 9:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y notificásteles el sábado tuyo santo, y les prescribiste, por mano de Moisés tu siervo, mandamientos y estatutos y ley.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tu leur fis connaître ton saint sabbat, et tu leur prescrivis des commandements et des statuts et une loi, par ton serviteur Moïse.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und deinen heiligen Sabbath hast du ihnen kundgetan, und hast ihnen Gebote und Satzungen und ein Gesetz geboten durch Mose, deinen Knecht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et sabbatum sanctificatum tuum ostendisti eis: et mandata, et cæremonias, et legem præcepisti eis in manu Moysi servi tui.