"And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpita of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam."
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Verse Nehemiah 8:4. _STOOD UPON A PULPIT OF WOOD_] מגדל _migdal_,
a _tower_, a _platform_, raised up for the purpose, to elevate him
sufficiently for the people both to see and hear him; for it is sai...
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The 13 persons mentioned were probably the chief priests of the course
(shift) which was at the time performing the temple service....
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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.
Nehemiah 7:73 b. These words are repeated by mistake from Ezra 3:1.
NEHEMIAH...
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EZRA THE SCRIBE STOOD ON. PULPIT OF WOOD.
This lofty pulpit enabled him to be seen and to see all. Beside him
were thirteen assistants who are named, all probably priests, who had
duties connected wi...
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PULPIT. high platform. Eng. "pulpit" from Latin. _pulpitum,_. stage
of. theatre.
BESIDE HIM. Thirteen priests with him: fourteen in all.
AND. Some codices, with five early printed editions, omit thi...
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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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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 SCRIBE STOOD UPON A PULPIT OF WOOD, WHICH THEY HAD MADE
FOR THE PURPOSE; AND BESIDE HIM STOOD MATTITHIAH, AND SHEMA, AND
ANAIAH, AND URIJAH, AND HILKIAH, AND MAASEIAH, ON HIS RIGHT HAND;...
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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 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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PULPIT OF WOOD. — Literally, a _tower of wood._ Fourteen persons,
however, were on what is afterwards called a platform, or stair, by
his side....
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וַֽ יַּעֲמֹ֞ד עֶזְרָ֣א הַ סֹּפֵ֗ר
עַֽל ־מִגְדַּל ־עֵץ֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשׂ֣וּ
לַ † דָּבָר֒ וַ...
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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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_Step. Hebrew, "wooden tower." (Calmet) --- Protestants, "pulpit,"
(Haydock) made in the form of a cup," (Calmet) like the cior, or
tribune of Solomon, 2 Paralipomenon vi. 13. --- Mosollam. We should...
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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 the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made
for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and
Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand;...
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_Ezra stood upon a pulpit of wood_ To raise him higher than the
people; that he might be better seen and heard by them all; whence, in
the Hebrew, it is called _a tower of wood:_ but it was not like o...
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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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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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PULPIT OF WOOD:
_ Heb._ tower of wood...
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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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Partly to declare their consent and concurrence with Ezra in what-he
said and did; and partly that they, or some of them, might bear a part
in the work....
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Nehemiah 8:4 Ezra H5830 scribe H5608 (H8802) stood H5975 (H8799)
platform H4026 wood H6086 made H6213 (H8804) purpose H1697 beside H681
hand H3225 stood H5975 (H8799) Mattithiah H4993 Shema H8087 Anai...
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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...
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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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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 THE PEOPLE BY EZRA, AND CELEBRATION OF THE
FEAST OF TABERNACLES (Ne...
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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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Ezra 10:29; Ezra 10:33; Nehemiah 10:18; Nehemiah 10:20; Nehemiah
10:25; Nehemiah 10:3; Nehemiah 10:7; Nehemiah 11:5; Nehemiah 11:7;...