NEHEMIAH

   I. NEHEMIAH OBTAINS PERMISSION TO REBUILD JERUSALEM. Neh. 1:1-2:20
       1. He Is Distressed about the Condition of the City and the
          People. Neh. 1:1-11
       2. His Request Is Granted. Neh. 2:1-8
       3. His Journey, and a Secret Examination of the Ruins.
          Neh. 2:9-16
       4. His Purpose Made Known, and the Enemy Excited. Neh. 2:17-20

   II. THE WALLS REBUILT. Neh. 3:1-4:23
       1. The Work Distributed in Forty-two Sections. Neh. 3:1-32
       2. The Enemies Mock, and Nehemiah Prays. Neh. 4:1-6
       3. A Plot of the Enemy Defeated. Neh. 4:7-15
       4. Precaution against an Attack. Neh. 4:16-23

  III. OPPRESSION OF THE POOR BROKEN UP. Neh. 5:1-19
       1. Complaints of Suffering and Usury. Neh. 5:1-5
       2. The Evil Corrected. Neh. 5:6-13
       3. Nehemiah's Own Example. Neh. 5:14-19

   IV. THE PLOTTINGS OF THE ENEMY. Neh. 6:1-7:4
       1. A Conference Requested. Neh. 6:1-4
       2. A False Charge Presented. Neh. 6:5-9
       3. Treacherous Counsel Within the City. Neh. 6:10-14
       4. Treacherous Correspondence with Tobiah. Neh. 6:15-19
       5. The City Carefully Guarded. Neh. 7:1-4

    V. THE GENEALOGY OF ZERUBBABEL'S CARAVAN. Neh. 7:5-73

   VI. THE READING OF THE LAW. Neh. 8:1-18
       1. The Time, the Place and the Reading. Neh. 8:1-3
       2. The Method of Procedure. Neh. 8:4-8
       3. The People Comforted. Neh. 8:9-12
       4. The Feast of Tabernacles Observed. Neh. 8:13-18

  VII. A CONFESSION OF SINS AND A COVENANT. Neh. 9:1-10:39
       1. A Penitent Assembly. Neh. 9:1-3
       2. A Prayer of the Levites. Neh. 9:4-33
       3. The Parties Who Sealed the Covenant. Neh. 10:1-29
       4. The Statutes Which They Covenanted to Keep. Neh. 10:30-39

 VIII. A REPEOPLING OF JERUSALEM. Neh. 11:1-36
       1. The Plan Adopted. Neh. 11:1, 2
       2. A Register of the Chiefs in the City. Neh. 11:3-24
       3. The Cities of Judah and Benjamin at This Time Inhabited.
          Neh. 11:25-36

   IX. THE DEDICATION OF THE WALLS. Neh. 12:1-47
       1. A Register of Priests and Levites. Neh. 12:1-26
       2. The Walls Are Dedicated. Neh. 12:27-43
       3. Keepers of Tithes Appointed. Neh. 12:44-47

    X. CERTAIN REFORMS EFFECTED BY NEHEMIAH. Neh. 13:1-31
       1. Separation from the Moabites and Ammonites. Neh. 13:1-3
       2. An Unlawful Privilege of Tobiah Broken Up. Neh. 13:4-9
       3. Neglected Tithes Restored. Neh. 13:10-14
       4. Sabbath-breaking Broken Up. Neh. 13:15-22
       5. Heathen Marriages Broken Up. Neh. 13:23-31

                     THE PROPHET MALACHI. Mal. 1:1-4:6
       1. The Time of This Prophecy.
          (1) After the temple service had been restored.
              Mal. 1:10 3:10
          (2) In a time of unlawful marriages. Mal. 2:11
          (3) When the tithes had been withheld. Mal. 3:8-10
              (All agree with Neh. 13:1-31).

       2. Its Design.
          (1) To support the reforms of Nehemiah. Neh. 13:1-31
          (2) A Messianic prediction. Mal. 4:1-6