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See also Nehemiah 8 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Part II. RELIGIOUS REFORM Ch. Nehemiah 7:73; Nehemiah 7:73; Nehemiah 8:12. The Public Reading of the Law. 13 18. The Celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles. Ch. 9. The National Confession, prel

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _THE RELIGIOUS MANNER OF READING AND HEARING THE LAW. THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES IS CELEBRATED._ _Before Christ 444._...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    Chapter Eight PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS 1. Whose idea was it to read the Law? 2. How long did the reading continue, on the first day? Any other days? 3. What happened when the Law was read? What did...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 Nehemiah (c-4) Meaning, 'Comfort of Jehovah.' year, (d-21) That is, of Artaxerxes Longimanus; see ch. 2.1; Ezra 7:1 . Shushan (e-26) The capital of Elam. fortress, (f-28) Or 'palace.'...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    VIII. Nehemiah 7:73 — Nehemiah 8:12. — Ezra instructs the people in the law. Nehemiah 7:73. — AND WHEN THE SEVENTH MONTH CAME. — Here a new subject begins, as in Ezra, whom Nehemiah copies: adopting...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    [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....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    * The reading and expounding the law. (1-8) The people called upon to be joyful. (9-12) The feast of tabernacles, The joy of the people. (13-18)...

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