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 (Deuteronomy 16:16). all who could understand. “Understanding” is a key theme in this chapter, since it was vital that all should know God’s law. The teaching of the law may have been neglected in the nearly one hundred years since the first return from Babylon. The first day of the seventh month was a day of rest, like a Sabbath, in the month of the Day of Atonement (see Leviticus 23:24, Leviticus 23:27, Leviticus 23:34).

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