Third Sunday after Epiphany; 23 January 2022; Epiphany 3C (RCL); Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10; Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a; Luke 414-21.
The book of Nehemiah gives an account of the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem. Nehemiah used a form of conscripted labor for the work, which placed some hardship on the community (see chapter 5). Once the work had been completed, the people requested some form of covenant renewal. The pattern is familiar (see Joshua 24, among other examples).
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