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Verse Nehemiah 8:5. _ALL THE PEOPLE STOOD UP_] This was out of respect
to the sacred word: in imitation of this, when the _gospel_ for the
day is read in our churches, all the people stand up....
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STOOD UP - The attitude of attention and respect. Compare the existing
practice of the Christian Church at the reading of the Gospel for the
day....
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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...
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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.
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OPENED THE BOOK. unrolled the scroll.
IN THE SIGHT. before the eyes.
STOOD UP. In token of reverence (Judges 3:20; Job 29:8; Job 37:14)....
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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...
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_opened_ i.e. unrolled, cf. Luke 4:17.
_above all the people_ i.e. raised above them in his pulpit.
_all the people stood up_ We need not conclude from these words that
they stood during the whole ti...
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DISCOURSE: 445
EFFECT OF EZRA’S PREACHING
Nehemiah 8:5. And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people;
(for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the
people stood up: and...
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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...
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_AND EZRA OPENED THE BOOK IN THE SIGHT OF ALL THE PEOPLE; (FOR HE WAS
ABOVE ALL THE PEOPLE;) AND WHEN HE OPENED IT, ALL THE PEOPLE STOOD
UP:_
When he opened it, all the people stood up. This, attitud...
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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)....
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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...
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When Ezra started to read the law, all the people stood up. They
wanted to give honour to God. Then Ezra praised God and the people
agreed with him. Then they turned their faces to the ground. This wa...
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וַ יִּפְתַּ֨ח עֶזְרָ֤א הַ סֵּ֨פֶר֙ לְ
עֵינֵ֣י
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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...
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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...
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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...
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And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was
(d) above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood
up:
(d) So that his voice might be heard the better....
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_Stood, out of respect, as we do while the gospel is read. See Numbers
xxiii. 18. (Calmet)_...
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(3) And he read therein before the street that was before the water
gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and
those that could understand; and the ears of all the people we...
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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...
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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...
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And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was
above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:
Ver. 5. _And Ezra opened the book_] God's Book; not Aristot...
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_When he opened it, all the people stood up_ Either in reverence to
God's word, or that they might hear his words more distinctly. _And
Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God_ He blessed him as _the gre...
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[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....
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And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, unrolling the
parchment as he progressed with his reading; ( FOR HE WAS ABOVE ALL
THE PEOPLE;) AND WHEN HE OPENED IT, ALL THE PEOPLE STOOD UP....
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THE LAW READ AND HEARD...
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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...
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SIGHT:
_ Heb._ eyes...
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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...
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Either in reverence to God's word, of which see NUMBERS 11:32 JUDGES
3:20; or that they might hear his words the more distinctly: or
rather, because they observed that Ezra composed himself to prayer...
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Nehemiah 8:5 Ezra H5830 opened H6605 (H8799) book H5612 sight H5869
people H5971 people H5971 opened H6605 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 8:3 FROM EARLY MORNING UNTIL MIDDAY. The
book was lengthy, and there may have been frequent pauses for
explanation (see note on v. 7). OPENED THE BOOK. T
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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...
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PART II.
ACCOUNT OF THE STATE OF RELIGION AMONG THE JEWS UNDER THE
ADMINISTRATION OF NEHEMIAH.
EXPOSITION
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION OF...
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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...
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1 Kings 8:14; Judges 3:20; Luke 4:16; Luke 4:17...