Nehemiah 8:9 - Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to them all, "This day is sacred to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep." For all the people had been weeping as they listened to the words of the Law.
I wonder which parts of the Law made the people mourn and weep. Obviously it was those parts that showed where they had failed to do something God commanded and the resulting punishments and curses. But I wonder which of those commands in particular made them cry. I suppose it might have been different parts for different people.
When was the last time reading or hearing God's Law made you cry?
I wonder if Ezra ever got to the parts that contained God's promises of a Messiah and the forgiveness he would bring. Either he didn't get to them soon enough or the people didn't understand them...or else Nehemiah, Ezra, and the Levites wouldn't have had to tell the people outright that this really was a happy day.
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