Nehemiah 9:13
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:”
טוֹב
Taste and see. David does not say understand or agree — he says taste. Towb is goodness you experience, not just believe in. God's goodness is not a theological position. It is something you encounter when you draw near to Him.
יָרַד
you came down
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יָרַד
to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
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עִם
with/ them
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עִם
adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)
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מִשְׁפָּט
judgments
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מִשְׁפָּט
Justice, right judgment. Mishpat. Doing what is right and fair in every situation. Let justice roll on like a river. God requires mishpat from His people.
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הַר
the mountain of
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הַר
A mountain. Har. The mountain of the LORD. His holy mountain. God meets His people on mountains.
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חֹק
statutes
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חֹק
an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
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יָשָׁר
upright
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יָשָׁר
straight (literally or figuratively)
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סִינַי
Sinai
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סִינַי
Sinai, mountain of Arabia
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