George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Nehemiah 8:2
Women, who were in a separate place. --- Understand, being come to the use of reason. (Calmet)
Women, who were in a separate place. --- Understand, being come to the use of reason. (Calmet)
Verse Nehemiah 8:2. _ALL THAT COULD HEAR WITH UNDERSTANDING_] Infants, idiots, and _children_ not likely to receive instruction, were not permitted to attend this meeting; nor should any such, in any...
UPON THE FIRST DAY OF THE SEVENTH MONTH - The day of the “Feast of Trumpets” (see the margin reference note). The gathering together of the people, spoken of in Nehemiah 8:1, was probably to observe t...
II. THE SPIRITUAL REVIVAL CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The reading of the law before the water gate (Nehemiah 8:1)_ 2. A day of joy and not of mourning (Nehemiah 8:9) 3. The keeping of the feast of tabernacles...
PART IV (Nehemiah 7:73_ b_ - Nehemiah 10:39). EZRA AND THE LAW. Nehemiah 7:73 b - Nehemiah 8:12. The Reading of the Law.
BROUGHT THE LAW BEFORE THE CONGREGATION, BOTH OF MEN AND WOMEN. It is to be noted that the teaching was not confined to the male sex, but all were present of both sexes who "could hear with understand...
EZRA THE PRIEST. It was the priest's duty at this and at all times to teach the people the Word of God. See note on Deuteronomy 17:11; Deuteronomy 33:10. and compare Malachi 2:7. CONGREGATION. assembl...
Nehemiah 7:73; Nehemiah 7:73. The Reading of the Law This verse begins a new section in the work. The style alters. The use of the first pers. sing. is resumed in Nehemiah 12:31. The Compiler has rec...
_Ezra the priest_ cf. Ezra 7:1; Ezra 7:11. _the law_ i.e. the book of the law. Cf. 2 Corinthians 3:14 -the old covenant" for -the book of the old covenant." The word -Torah" is here used in the sense,...
EZRA THE PRIEST, &C.— This Ezra, without all controversy, was the same who came from Babylon in the seventh year of Artaxerxes. After the death of Zerubbabel, the whole administration devolved upon hi...
TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENT II. The Law is Read in Public, and its Ceremonies are Resumed: Chapter s 8-10 A. The Law is Read and the Feast of Booths is Kept. 1. Ezra instructs the people in the L...
_AND EZRA THE PRIEST BROUGHT THE LAW BEFORE THE CONGREGATION BOTH OF MEN AND WOMEN, AND ALL THAT COULD HEAR WITH UNDERSTANDING, UPON THE FIRST DAY OF THE SEVENTH MONTH._ No JFB commentary on these ve...
THE READING OF THE LAW BY EZRA 1. The street] RV 'the broad place': and so in Nehemiah 8:3; Nehemiah 8:16. THE WATER GATE] This probably led to the spring of Gihon (the Virgin's spring)....
EZRA] It has been argued in the note on Ezra 10:44 that the effort to fortify Jerusalem described in Ezra 4:6 was made whilst Ezra was present there, and that the failure of it destroyed for a time hi...
The people had finished the work on the walls of Jerusalem in the 6th month of the year (Nehemiah 6:15). The people had worked hard for 52 days. But Nehemiah had not finished his work. His next task w...
THE *JEWS BUILD JERUSALEM’S CITY WALL AGAIN NEHEMIAH _ROBERT BRYCE AND ROBERT BETTS_ CHAPTER 8 In Nehemiah 7:6-73, Nehemiah copied the register of the first people who returned from *exile. This...
BOTH OF MEN AND WOMEN, AND ALL THAT COULD HEAR WITH UNDERSTANDING. — Men, women, and children who had reached years of discretion. UPON THE FIRST DAY OF THE SEVENTH MONTH. — As the seventh was the mo...
וַ יָּבִ֣יא עֶזְרָ֣א הַ֠ כֹּהֵן אֶֽת ־הַ
THE LAW Nehemiah 8:1 THE fragmentary nature of the chronicler's work is nowhere more apparent than in that portion of it which treats of the events immediately following on the completion of the fort...
NEW LIGHT FROM GOD'S LAW Nehemiah 8:1 Surely this was the first public Bible-reading! When will the people be again as hungry for the Word of God as these Jews who stood in the open space from early...
We now come to the second section of the Book, which gives an account of the special reading of the Law, and the reform which followed. Ezra now appears on the scene. There has been some speculation a...
And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all (b) that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. (b) Who had age and discret...
(1) В¶ And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the L...
The Joy of the Lord I. INTRODUCTION II. THE RESULT Nehemiah 8:1-12 (NKJV) Now all the people gathered together as one man in the open square that [was] in front of the Water Gate; and they told Ezra...
By means of Ezra and Nehemiah, the law resumes its authority, and that at the people's own request, for God had prepared their hearts. Accordingly, God had gathered them together on the first day of t...
And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. Ver. 2. _And Ezra the priest br...
_Upon the first day of the seventh month_ This was _the feast of trumpets_, which is called _a sabbath_, and on which they were to have _a holy convocation, Leviticus 23:24_. And it was on this day th...
[THE LAW IS READ.] 1 The religious maner of reading and hearing the Law. 9 They comfort the people. 13 The forwardnesse of them to heare and be instructed. 16 They keepe the feast of Tabernacles....
And Ezra, the priest, brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, either because they were old enough, or because they were within reach...
THE LAW READ AND HEARD...
THE READING OF THE LAW (vv. 1-12) We have seen at the end of chapter 6 the wall was completed, and in chapter 7 appointments were made for the proper order to be maintained in the city. Now another...
THAT COULD HEAR WITH UNDERSTANDING: _ Heb._ that understood in hearing...
1-8 Sacrifices were to be offered only at the door of the temple; but praying and preaching were, and are, services of religion, as acceptably performed in one place as in another. Masters of familie...
EZRA THE PRIEST came twelve or thirteen years before Nehemiah to Jerusalem; and either tarried there, or went back to Babylon, being forced to do so by the king's command, or indispensable occasions,...
Nehemiah 8:2 Ezra H5830 priest H3548 brought H935 (H8686) Law H8451 before H6440 assembly H6951 men H376 women...
THE READING AND EXPLAINING TO THE PEOPLE OF THE LAW OF MOSES AND A REVIEW OF THEIR PAST HISTORY, LEADS TO THEM ESTABLISHING A RENEWAL OF THEIR COVENANT WITH GOD (NEHEMIAH 8:1 TO NEHEMIAH 10:39). Regar...
THE LAW OF MOSES IS READ AND EXPLAINED AT THE CELEBRATION OF THE FEASTS OF THE SEVENTH MONTH (NEHEMIAH 8:1). The final words that closed off the list of returnees formed a suitable preface to what Neh...
THE READING AND EXPLAINING OF THE LAW (NEHEMIAH 8:1). The first stage of covenant renewal was the reading and explaining of the Law. Such reading and explaining of a section of the Law may well have t...
SEVENTH MONTH That is, October; (Nehemiah 8:2); (Nehemiah 8:14)....
CONTENTS: The law read and explained. Feast of tabernacles restored. CHARACTERS: God, Ezra, Nehemiah. CONCLUSION: Reading the Scripture in religious assemblies is an ordinance of God whereby He is h...
Nehemiah 8:2. _Upon the first day of the seventh month,_ the day when the civil year began, reckoned from the creation of the world. Ezra began the year, like Adam, with a holy convocation. He, and ot...
_And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street._ THE INSTRUCTOR IN THE LAW God has evermore blessed His own Word as the chosen instrument of all revival and progress in H...
NEHEMIAH 8:1 The Reading of the Law, and Covenant Renewal. In this long section, the Book of the Law is solemnly read, the Feast of Booths is kept, and a great act of covenant renewal is performed. Fo...
NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 8:2 The inclusion of both MEN AND WOMEN is stressed, since the strict keeping of the great Jerusalem feasts was expected of men only (Deuterono
EXPLANATORY NOTES.] NEHEMIAH 8:1. STREET] Rather “square.” An open place at the gate of Oriental cities where trials were held and wares set forth for sale.—_Gesenius_. THE WATER GATE] Sec addenda to...
PART II. ACCOUNT OF THE STATE OF RELIGION AMONG THE JEWS UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF NEHEMIAH. EXPOSITION RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION OF...
Shall we turn at this time in our Bibles to Nehemiah chapter 8. Nehemiah has returned to Jerusalem some ninety years after the first return. Some 160 years from the beginning of the Babylonian captivi...
2 Chronicles 17:7; Acts 15:21; Deuteronomy 17:18; Deuteronomy 31:10;...
First day — This was the feast of trumpets, which is called a sabbath, and on which they were to have an holy convocation, Leviticus 23:24. And it was on this day, the altar was set up, after their re...