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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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,...
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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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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...
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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 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...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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וַ יָּבִ֣יא עֶזְרָ֣א הַ֠ כֹּהֵן אֶֽת
־הַ
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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 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...
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_Women, who were in a separate place. --- Understand, being come to
the use of reason. (Calmet)_...
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(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...
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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 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...
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_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...
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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, 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...
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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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THAT COULD HEAR WITH UNDERSTANDING:
_ Heb._ that understood in hearing...
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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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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,...
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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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SEVENTH MONTH
That is, October; (Nehemiah 8:2); (Nehemiah 8:14)....
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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 8:2 The inclusion of both MEN AND WOMEN is
stressed, since the strict keeping of the great Jerusalem feasts was
expected of men only (Deuterono
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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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2 Chronicles 17:7; Acts 15:21; Deuteronomy 17:18; Deuteronomy 31:10;...
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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...