_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 LORD HAD COMMANDED TO ISRAEL._ All the people gathered themselves together as one man. Having completed th... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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; AND ON HIS LEFT HAND, PEDAIAH, AND MISHAEL, AND MALCHIAH, AND HASHUM, AND HASHBADANA, ZECHARIAH, AN... [ Continue Reading ]
_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, attitude they assumed either from respect to God's word, or, rather, because the reading was prefaced by a... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND EZRA BLESSED THE LORD, THE GREAT GOD. AND ALL THE PEOPLE ANSWERED, AMEN, AMEN, WITH LIFTING UP THEIR HANDS: AND THEY BOWED THEIR HEADS, AND WORSHIPPED THE LORD WITH THEIR FACES TO THE GROUND._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALSO JESHUA, AND BANI, AND SHEREBIAH, JAMIN, AKKUB, SHABBETHAI, HODIJAH, MAASEIAH, KELITA, AZARIAH, JOZABAD, HANAN, PELAIAH, AND THE LEVITES, CAUSED THE PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE LAW: AND THE PEOPLE STOOD IN THEIR PLACE._ Caused the people to understand the Law ...... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO THEY READ IN THE BOOK IN THE LAW OF GOD DISTINCTLY, AND GAVE THE SENSE, AND CAUSED THEM TO UNDERSTAND THE READING._ GAVE THE SENSE. Commentators are divided in opinion as to the import of this statement, some thinking that Ezra read the law in pure Hebrew, while the Levites who assisted him tran... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND NEHEMIAH, WHICH IS THE TIRSHATHA, AND EZRA THE PRIEST THE SCRIBE, AND THE LEVITES THAT TAUGHT THE PEOPLE, SAID UNTO ALL THE PEOPLE, THIS DAY IS HOLY UNTO THE LORD YOUR GOD; MOURN NOT, NOR WEEP. FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WEPT, WHEN THEY HEARD THE WORDS OF THE LAW._ This day is holy unto the Lord your... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN HE SAID UNTO THEM, GO YOUR WAY, EAT THE FAT, AND DRINK THE SWEET, AND SEND PORTIONS UNTO THEM FOR WHOM NOTHING IS PREPARED: FOR THIS DAY IS HOLY UNTO OUR LORD: NEITHER BE YE SORRY; FOR THE JOY OF THE LORD IS YOUR STRENGTH._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THAT THEY SHOULD PUBLISH AND PROCLAIM IN ALL THEIR CITIES, AND IN JERUSALEM, SAYING, GO FORTH UNTO THE MOUNT, AND FETCH OLIVE BRANCHES, AND PINE BRANCHES, AND MYRTLE BRANCHES, AND PALM BRANCHES, AND BRANCHES OF THICK TREES, TO MAKE BOOTHS, AS IT IS WRITTEN._ GO FORTH UNTO THE MOUNT, AND FETCH .... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO THE PEOPLE WENT FORTH, AND BROUGHT THEM, AND MADE THEMSELVES BOOTHS, EVERY ONE UPON THE ROOF OF HIS HOUSE, AND IN THEIR COURTS, AND IN THE COURTS OF THE HOUSE OF GOD, AND IN THE STREET OF THE WATER GATE, AND IN THE STREET OF THE GATE OF EPHRAIM._ The people went forth, and brought them, and mad... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ALL THE CONGREGATION OF THEM THAT WERE COME AGAIN OUT OF THE CAPTIVITY MADE BOOTHS, AND SAT UNDER THE BOOTHS: FOR SINCE THE DAYS OF JESHUA THE SON OF NUN UNTO THAT DAY HAD NOT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL DONE SO. AND THERE WAS VERY GREAT GLADNESS._ Since the days of Jeshua ... had not the children... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALSO DAY BY DAY, FROM THE FIRST DAY UNTO THE LAST DAY, HE READ IN THE BOOK OF THE LAW OF GOD. AND THEY KEPT THE FEAST SEVEN DAYS; AND ON THE EIGHTH DAY WAS A SOLEMN ASSEMBLY, ACCORDING UNTO THE MANNER._ ALSO DAY BY DAY ... HE READ IN THE BOOK OF THE LAW OF GOD. This was more than was enjoined (Deut... [ Continue Reading ]