Remember: Psalms 119:49; Luke 1:72
If ye transgress: Leviticus 26:33-46; Deuteronomy 4:25-27, Deuteronomy 28:64, Deuteronomy 32:26-28; 1 Kings 9:6-7
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Nehemiah 1:8
Nehemiah 1:8
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INTRODUCTORY SECTION. Nehemiah 1:1-11; Nehemiah 2:1-11.
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