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, preliminary to the Covenant. Ch. Nehemiah 10:1-29. The Sealing of the Covenant. 30 39. Certain Oblig... [ Continue Reading ]
Nehemiah 7:1-5. Nehemiah's dispositions for the protection of the City 1. _the doors_ We saw in Nehemiah 6:1 that this alone remained to be done to complete the walls. Those who were responsible for the doors are mentioned in Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 3:3; Nehemiah 3:6; Nehemiah 3:13-15. Nehemiah's com... [ Continue Reading ]
_my brother Hanani_ cf. Nehemiah 1:2. _Hananiah the ruler of the palace_ R.V. HANANIAH THE GOVERNOR OF THE CASTLE. On the castle or -Bira" see Nehemiah 2:8. The -governor of the castle" would be an official of great importance, being probably in command of troops for the purpose of keeping order in... [ Continue Reading ]
_I said unto them_ The reading of the C'thib, -He said," is clearly wrong. The K'ri is supported by the LXX. and Vulg. -Them," Hanani and Hananiah. _until the sun be hot_ Vulg. -Usque ad calorem solis," i.e. until the sun was high in the heavens; cf. 1 Samuel 11:9, -By the time the sun is hot." The... [ Continue Reading ]
_large and great_ R.V. WIDE AND LARGE. The phrase rendered -wide" (cf. Genesis 34:21; Judges 18:10) denotes extension on every side; its literal rendering would be -wide on both hands." _the people_were _few_ The inhabitants of Jerusalem were in Nehemiah's time very few in comparison with what they... [ Continue Reading ]
_my God put into mine heart_ R.V. MY HEART. For this expression see note on Nehemiah 2:12. _nobles … rulers_(R.V. marg. _deputies) … people_ cf. Nehemiah 2:16; Nehemiah 4:14; Nehemiah 4:19. _that_they _might be reckoned by genealogy_ LXX. εἰς συνοδίας, Vulg. -ut recenserem eos." Nehemiah's census... [ Continue Reading ]
_came again to_ R.V. RETURNED UNTO. Ezra 2:1 has -carried away _unto Babylon_"; the words -unto Babylon" have probably been accidentally omitted in transcription.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Azariah_ = Seraiah in Ezra. _Raamiah_ = Reelaiah in Ezra. _Nahamani_ Not in Ezra. _Mispereth_ = Mizpar in Ezra. _Nehum_ = Rehum in Ezra. I say, … was this] R.V. omits.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Binnui_ = Bani in Ezra: cf. Nehemiah 10:14; Esther 5:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Ater … Hashum … Bezai … Hariph_ In Ezra the order is Ater, Bezai, _Jorah_(Hariph), Hashum. For Hariph see Nehemiah 10:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Gibeon_ = Gibbar (probably a mistake) in Ezra.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the men of Beth-lehem and Netophah_ = -the children of Beth-lehem … the men of Netophah" in Ezra.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Geba_ Some copies of the A.V. have -Gaba"; but -Geba" stands in the 1611 edition.... [ Continue Reading ]
_The men of the other Nebo_ = -the children of Nebo" in Ezra. Perhaps the word -other" has come in accidentally from Nehemiah 7:34. Our list omits -the children of Magbish 156," which in Ezra comes between -Nebo" and -Elam.... [ Continue Reading ]
and _of the children of Hodevah_ R.V. OF THE CHILDREN OF HODEVAH. Marg. -Another reading is _Hodeiah_." See on Ezra 2:40; Ezra 3:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
_The Nethinims_ R.V. THE NETHINIM. _Hashupha_ R.V. HASUPHA.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Nephishesim_ R.V. NEPHUSHESHIM. Marg. -Another reading is _Nephishesim_". See Ezra 2:50.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Tamah_ R.V. TEMAH.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Pochereth Zebaim_ R.V. POCHERETH-HAZZEBAIM. -Of Zebaim" appears in some copies of the A.V.; but -of" is not in the 1611 edition.... [ Continue Reading ]
also] R.V. omits. _Tel-haresha_ R.V. TEL-HARSHA. _fathers" house_ R.V. FATHERS" HOUSES.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Habaiah_ R.V. HOBAIAH. _Koz_] R.V. HAKKOZ. one _of the daughters_ R.V. A WIFE OF THE DAUGHTERS.... [ Continue Reading ]
_were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood_ R.V. WERE THEY DEEMED POLLUTED AND PUT, &c. Marg. Heb. _they were polluted from_, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the Tirshatha_ R.V. marg. Or, _governor_. _a priest_ Literally -the priest." -With Urim and Thummim." LXX. ὁ ἱερεὺς φωτίσων. Vulg. -sacerdos doctus et eruditus.... [ Continue Reading ]
_two hundred forty and five_ So 1Es 5:41, Ezra 2:65 -two hundred.... [ Continue Reading ]
This verse does not appear in some of the oldest Hebrew MSS., and is not reckoned in the computation of 685 verses assigned to these books in the Massoretic note at its close. The omission, however, is not supported by the parallel passages in Ezra and 1 Esdr., nor by the LXX. and Vulg. If therefore... [ Continue Reading ]
_And some of the chief of the fathers_ R.V. AND SOME FROM AMONG THE HEADS OF FATHERS" houses. So in Nehemiah 7:71. _The Tirshatha_ The contributions are here described in greater detail than in Ezra. _the treasure_ R.V. THE TREASURY. _drams_ R.V. DARICS. So in Nehemiah 7:71-72. _five hundred and... [ Continue Reading ]
_to the treasure_ R.V. INTO THE TREASURY. _pound_ R.V. marg. -Heb. _maneh_".... [ Continue Reading ]
some] R.V. SOME. The Heb. gives the partitive idea. (LXX. οἱ ἀπὸ τοῦ λαοῦ. Vulg. -reliquum vulgus.") _Nethinims_ R.V. NETHINIM.... [ Continue Reading ]