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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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CELEBRATION OF THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. The further reading of the
Law and its more minute study show that this is just the time at which
the Feast of Tabernacles ought to be celebrated; the people,...
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HE. Some codices, with Syriac, read "they".
ASSEMBLY. restraint: i.e. restraint from work.
MANNER. regulation, or ordinance. Nehemiah 9:1 Nehemiah 10:39 is
parallel with Ezra 9:1...
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_he read_ i.e. Ezra. This is the usual explanation, so also LXX.
ἀνέγνω. Vulg. -legit." According to another interpretation the
3rd pers. sing. is impersonal = -and one read," -there was reading."
_in...
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A SOLEMN ASSEMBLY, ACCORDING UNTO THE MANNER— It is supposed to have
been at this solemnity that the notable discovery happened of the
sacred fire, related Exodus 1:18, &c. The Jews affirm, that Jerem...
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3. The Feast of Tabernacles, or Booths, is rediscovered.
TEXT, NEHEMIAH 8:13-18
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Then on the second day the heads of fathers-' households of all the
people, the priests, and the Levites were gath...
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_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 MANNE...
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8:18 read (a-14) Or 'one read;' 'there was reading.'...
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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 *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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When the people learned about the holiday of the shelters they wanted
to obey God. So they collected branches, which they used to build
shelters. And they lived in the shelters as God had told them to...
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(13-18) The Feast of Tabernacles....
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ACCORDING UNTO THE MANNER. — For the Azereth, or supplementary feast
day, see Leviticus 23:36....
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וַ֠ יִּקְרָא בְּ סֵ֨פֶר תֹּורַ֤ת הָ
אֱלֹהִים֙
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THE JOY OF THE LORD
Nehemiah 8:9
"ALL the people wept when they heard the words of the law." Was it for
this mournful end that Ezra had studied the sacred law and guarded it
through the long years of...
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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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Assembly. Literally, "the collect." (Haydock) --- Hebrew, "the day of
retention;" the people being kept at the temple. (Calmet) ---
Septuagint, "the dismission;" as they were afterwards permitted to
d...
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REFLECTIONS
PRECIOUS chapter this, which in the view of Ezra reminds me of Jesus!
how was it possible indeed to see Ezra taking the book, and opening it
before the people, and not call to mind what I...
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(14) And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by
Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast
of the seventh month: (15) And that they should publish an...
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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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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 mann...
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_Day by day he read in the book of the law of God_ The law was
commanded to be read at this feast, Deuteronomy 31:10. But the reading
of it was not enjoined to be continued every day, as was now done...
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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 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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A SOLEMN:
_ Heb._ a restraint...
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13-18 They found written in the law about the feast of tabernacles.
Those who diligently search the Scriptures, find things written there
which they have forgotten. This feast of tabernacles was a
re...
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HE READ IN THE BOOK OF THE LAW OF GOD; which was commanded to be done
at this feast, DEUTERONOMY 31:10, though not enjoined to be done every
day, as now out of a singular zeal they did....
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Nehemiah 8:18 day H3117 day H3117 first H7223 day H3117 last H314 day
H3117 read H7121 (H8799) Book...
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THEIR OBSERVANCE OF THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES (NEHEMIAH 8:16).
The passage now jumps from the second day to the fifteenth day of the
month, when the people having gathered their branches, assembled onc...
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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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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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_So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves
booths _
THE CELEBRATION OF THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES
I. We are reminded here that there is such a thing as buried truth.
True reforma...
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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 8:13 The People Keep the Feast of Booths. This
family-oriented festival highlighted God’s protection of Israel in
the desert, before the conquest of Canaan.
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NEHEMIAH—NOTE ON NEHEMIAH 8:17 JESHUA is another form of
“Joshua.” HAD NOT DONE SO. Although the Feast of Booths had been
celebrated on occasion (see...
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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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EXPOSITION
NEHEMIAH 8:13
AND ON THE SECOND DAY WERE GATHERED TOGETHER THE CHIEF OF THE FATHERS.
At times it is true that "increase of appetite doth grow by what it
feeds on." Once let the sweetness o...
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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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Deuteronomy 31:10; John 7:37; Leviticus 23:36; Numbers 29:35...