Nehemiah 12:43 “On that day they offered great sacrifices, rejoicing because God had g…”

Nehemiah 12:43

On that day they offered great sacrifices, rejoicing because God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.

World English Bible

They offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women and the children also rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even far away.

American Standard Version

And they offered great sacrifices that day, and rejoiced; for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and the women also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the same day they offered great sacrifices and reioyced: for God had giuen them great ioy, so that both the women, and the children were ioyfull: and the ioy of Ierusalem was heard farre off.

Darby Translation

And that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy; and also the women and the children rejoiced. And the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.

Young's Literal Translation

and they sacrifice on that day great sacrifices and rejoice, for God hath made them rejoice [with] great joy, and also, the women and the children have rejoiced, and the joy of Jerusalem is heard — unto a distance.

Bible in Basic English

And on that day they made great offerings and were glad; for God had made them glad with great joy; and the women and the children were glad with them: so that the joy of Jerusalem came to the ears of those who were far off.

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Cross references

“offered”

Numbers 10:10 2 Chronicles 7:5–7 2 Chronicles 7:10 Psalm 27:6 Deuteronomy 12:11 Deuteronomy 12:12

Numbers 10:10 · BSB

And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and peace offerings to serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LO…

2 Chronicles 7:5–7 · BSB

And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

2 Chronicles 7:10 · BSB

On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people away to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for the good things that the LORD had done for David, for Solomon, and for His people Israel.

Psalm 27:6 · BSB

Then my head will be held high above my enemies around me. At His tabernacle I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD.

Deuteronomy 12:11 · BSB

then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to…

Deuteronomy 12:12 · BSB

And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.

“God”

Psalm 92:4 2 Chronicles 20:27 Job 34:29 Psalm 28:7 Isaiah 61:3 Isaiah 66:10–14

Psalm 92:4 · BSB

For You, O LORD, have made me glad by Your deeds; I sing for joy at the works of Your hands.

2 Chronicles 20:27 · BSB

Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat at their head, returned joyfully to Jerusalem, for the LORD had made them rejoice over their enemies.

Job 34:29 · BSB

But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,

Psalm 28:7 · BSB

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.

Isaiah 61:3 · BSB

to console the mourners in Zion— to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the L…

Isaiah 66:10–14 · BSB

Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her,

“the wives also”

Psalm 148:11–13 Jeremiah 31:13 2 Chronicles 20:13 Matthew 21:9 Matthew 21:15 Ephesians 5:19

Psalm 148:11–13 · BSB

kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth,

Jeremiah 31:13 · BSB

Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.

2 Chronicles 20:13 · BSB

Meanwhile all the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, were standing before the LORD.

Matthew 21:9 · BSB

The crowds that went ahead of Him and those that followed were shouting: “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest!”

Matthew 21:15 · BSB

But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”

Ephesians 5:19 · BSB

Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,

“the joy”

Ezra 3:13 1 Samuel 4:5

Ezra 3:13 · BSB

The people could not distinguish the shouts of joy from the sound of weeping, because the people were making so much noise. And the sound was heard from afar.

1 Samuel 4:5 · BSB

When the ark of the covenant of the LORD entered the camp, all the Israelites raised such a great shout that the ground shook.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

42and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. Then the choirs sang out under the direction of Jezrahiah.

44And on that same day men were appointed over the rooms that housed the supplies, contributions, firstfruits, and tithes. The portions specified by the Law for the priests and Levites were gathered into these storerooms from the fields of the villages, because Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who were serving.

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