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Nehemiah 9:6-13 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

6. “You alone are Yahweh. You alone have made the heavens, the heavens of the heavens, and all of their army, the earth and all that is in it, the waters and all that is in them. You give life to all of them, and the army of the heavens worship you.

7. You are Yahweh, the God who chose Abram and brought him from Ur of the Chaldeans and named him Abraham.

8. You found his heart faithful before you and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite and the Girgashite—to give it to his seed. And you have kept your word because you are righteous.

9. “You saw the misery of our ancestors in Egypt, and you heard their shout at the Red Sea.

10. You gave signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all of his servants, and all of the people of his land because you knew that they acted arrogantly against them. You made a name for yourself, as it is this day.

11. And you divided the sea before them, and they passed through the sea on dry ground, but their pursuers you threw into the depths like a stone into mighty waters.

12. You led them by day with a column of cloud and with a column of fire by night, to give them light on the way that they were to go.

13. Then you came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven and gave them right judgments and true teachings, good regulations and commandments.