nehemiah outline

1. The Restoration of the City (1:1-7:73)

a. Preparation to Restore Jerusalem (1:1-2:20)

i. News of Jerusalem’s Wall (1:1-4)

ii. Nehemiah Intercedes (1:5-2:10)

1. Nehemiah's Prayer (1:5-11)

2. Nehemiah Sent to Jerusalem (2:1-10)

iii. Nehemiah Inspects the Walls (2:11-20)

b. Restoration of Jerusalem (3:1-7:73)

i. The Builders of the Walls (3:1-32)

ii. Opposition to Rebuilding the Wall (4:1-6:14)

1. The Work Ridiculed (4:1-23)

a. Sanballat and Tobiah Mock the Rebuilding (4:1-8)

b. Discouragement Overcome (4:9-15)

c. The Work Continues (4:16-23)

2. Economic Problems (5:1-19)

a. The Poor are Oppressed (5:1-5)

b. The End of Usury (5:6-13)

c. Nehemiah's Generosity (5:14-19)

3. The Hiring of False Prophets (6:1-14)

iii. Completion of the Wall (6:15-19)

iv. The List of Returning Exiles (7:1-73)

2. The Restoration of the People (8:1-13:31)

a. Ezra's Revival (8:1-10:39)

i. Ezra Reads the Law (8:1-12)

ii. The Feast of Tabernacles (8:13-18)

iii. The People Confess Their Sins (9:1-37)

iv. The People Make a Covenant (9:38-10:29)

v. The Vows of the Covenant (10:30-39)

b. The Land Resettled (11:1-36)

i. Jerusalem’s New Settlers (11:1-19)

ii. Residents Outside Jerusalem (11:20-36)

c. The Priests and Levites Who Returned (12:1-26)

d. The Dedication of the Wall (12:27-43)

e. Provisions for Temple Worship (12:44-47)

f. The People’s Failure and Nehemiah’s Correction (13:1-31)

i. The Temple Cleansed (13:1-9)

ii. Tithes Restored (13:10-14)

iii. The Sabbath Restored (13:15-22)

iv. Intermarriage Forbidden (13:23-31)