Day 273: The Lord's Work (2026)

Fr. Mike Schmitz (0:04)

Hi, my name is Fr. Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to The Bible in a Year podcast, where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture. The Bible in a Year podcast is brought to you by Ascension. Using The Great Adventure Bible Timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today. It is day 273 We're reading today only one chapter in Nehemiah, that's Nehemiah chapter 3, one chapter in Zechariah, that's the end, the conclusion of the book of the prophet Zechariah, chapter 14, as well as Proverbs chapter 20, verses 23 through 26 As always, the Bible translation I'm reading from is the revised standard version, the second Catholic edition. I'm using The Great Adventure Bible from Ascension. If you want to download your own Bible in a Year reading plan, you can visit ascensionpress.com/bible in a Year. You can also subscribe to this podcast by clicking on subscribe and you'll be subscribed. And man, you receive daily episodes, daily updates, $100 wired to your account every single day. All that, all that just for subscribing to The Bible in a Year. That's not true.

As I said, it's day 273 We're reading Nehemiah chapter 3, Zechariah chapter 14, and Proverbs chapter 20 verses 23 through 26

The Book of Nehemiah chapter 3, Organization of the Work.

Then Eliashib, the high priest, rose up with his brethren, the priests, and they built the sheep gate. They consecrated it and set its doors. They consecrated it as far as the tower of the hundred, as far as the tower of Hananel. And next to him, the men of Jericho built, and next to them, Zakur, the son of Imri built. And the sons of Hasana'ah built the fish gate. They laid its beams and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars. And next to them, Miramoth, the son of Uriah, son of Hakoz, repaired. And next to them, Meshulam, the son of Barakiah, son of Meshezabel, repaired. And next to them, Zadok, the son of Ba'ana, repaired. And next to them, the Tekkawites repaired. But their nobles did not put their necks to the work of their Lord. And Juada, the son of Paseah, and Meshulam, the son of Basada'ah, repaired the old gate. They laid its beams and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars. And next to them, repaired Melatiah, the Gibeonite, and Jadon, the Moranathite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, who were under the jurisdiction of the governor of the province beyond the river. Next to them, Uzayel, the son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths, repaired. Next to him, Hananiah, one of the perfumers, repaired. And they restored Jerusalem as far as the broad wall. Next to them, Rafaah, the son of Hurr, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired. Next to them, Jadaiah, the son of Harimoph, repaired opposite his house. And next to him, Hattush, the son of Hashabniah, repaired. Malkijah, the son of Harim, and Hashub, the son of Pahaph Moab, repaired another section and the tower of the ovens. Next to him, Shalom, the son of Halohesh, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired, he and his daughters. Hanun and the inhabitants of Zenoah, repaired the valley gate. They rebuilt it and set its doors, its bolts and its bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the dung gate.

Malkijah, the son of Rahab, ruler of the district of Beth-Hakarim, repaired the dung gate. He rebuilt it and set its doors, its bolts and its bars. And Shalom, the son of Kolhosa, ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired the fountain gate. He rebuilt it and covered it and set its doors, its bolts and its bars. And he built the wall of the pool of Sheleh of the king's garden, as far as the stairs that go down from the city of David. After him, Nehemiah the son of Asbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth-Shur, repaired to a point opposite the sepulchers of David, to the artificial pool and to the house of the mighty men. After him, the Levites repaired. Rehum, the son of Bani. Next to him, Hashabiah, ruler of half the district of Kala, repaired for his district. After him, their brethren repaired. Bavai, the son of Hanadad, ruler of half the district of Kala. Next to him, Ezur, the son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section opposite the ascent to the armory at the angle. After him, Baruch, the son of Zabai, repaired another section from the angle to the door of the house of Eliashib, the high priest. After him, Miramoth, the son of Uriah, son of Hakoz, repaired another section from the door of the house of Eliashib to the end of the house of Eliashib. After him, the priests, the men of the plain repaired. After them, Benjamin and Hashub repaired opposite their house. After them, Azariah, the son of Maasaiah, son of Ananiah, repaired beside his own house. After him, Benui, the son of Hanadad, repaired another section from the house of Azariah to the angle and to the corner.