Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Nehemiah 8:18
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.
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.
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...
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,...
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...
_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...
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...
3. The Feast of Tabernacles, or Booths, is rediscovered. TEXT, NEHEMIAH 8:13-18 13 Then on the second day the heads of fathers-' households of all the people, the priests, and the Levites were gath...
_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...
8:18 read (a-14) Or 'one read;' 'there was reading.'...
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)....
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...
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...
ACCORDING UNTO THE MANNER. — For the Azereth, or supplementary feast day, see Leviticus 23:36....
(13-18) The Feast of Tabernacles....
וַ֠ יִּקְרָא בְּ סֵ֨פֶר תֹּורַ֤ת הָ אֱלֹהִים֙
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
[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....
Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he, Ezra, READ IN THE BOOK OF THE LAW OF GOD, the zeal of the people causing him to do even more than the Law actually required. AND THEY KEPT TH...
THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES...
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...
A SOLEMN: _ Heb._ a restraint...
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...
Nehemiah 8:18 day H3117 day H3117 first H7223 day H3117 last H314 day H3117 read H7121 (H8799) Book...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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. ⇐...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Deuteronomy 31:10; John 7:37; Leviticus 23:36; Numbers 29:35...