ON THAT DAY: i.e. of which he is about to write. THE BOOK OF MOSES. See App-47. WAS FOUND WRITTEN. they came to the place or passage (viz. Deuteronomy 23:3). Not. discovery, but in the course of the public reading (as in Luke 4:17). Compare Nehemiah 8:14. MOABITE (masc). This did not therefore ex... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAUSE THEY (plural) Num 22:56. Deuteronomy 23:3; Deuteronomy 23:4. CHILDREN. sons. HIRED BALAAM. Numbers 22:5; Numbers 22:6; Joshua 24:9; Joshua 24:10. THEM (singular), i.e. Israel. CURSE. Hebrew. _kalal =_ reproach, imprecate. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
MIXED MULTITUDE. Always. snare. Compare Numbers 11:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
(APPLIES TO NEHEMIAH 13:4): AND BEFORE THIS... THE TWO AND THIRTIETH YEAR OF ARTAXERXES KING OF BABYLON (Nehemiah 13:6). The Artaxeres (= great king) here is Darius Hystaspis. The record here _must_ have been written _after_ the dedication of both Temple (405 B.C.) and Wall (403 B.C.) The thirty-sec... [ Continue Reading ]
See Nehemiah 13:4 for. special note. MEAT OFFERINGS. gift offerings. Heb _minchah._ App-43. NEW WINE. Hebrew. _tirosh._ App-27. OFFERINGS. heave offerings. App-43.... [ Continue Reading ]
See Nehemiah 13:4 for. special note. NOT. AT JERUSALEM. Nehemiah did not return with Haggai and Zachariah at the beginning of this reign. See longer note on Nehemiah 13:4. THE TWO AND THIRTIETH YEAR. See longer note on Nehemiah 13:4. ARTAXERXES. Darius Hystaspis. See longer note on Nehemiah 5:14;... [ Continue Reading ]
See Nehemiah 13:4 for. special note. I CAST FORTH. His authority was not disputed. Malachi (2-4) also rebukes the People.... [ Continue Reading ]
See Nehemiah 13:4 for. special note.... [ Continue Reading ]
ONE-MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
I MADE TREASURERS: or,. set in charge. NEXT TO THEM: or, to help them. MATTANIAH. Compare Nehemiah 11:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOOD DEEDS. kindnesses. OFFICES. charges.... [ Continue Reading ]
WINEPRESSES. Hebrew. _gath,_. wine press; not _yekeb,_. wine vat.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Some codices, with six early printed editions, Syriac, and Vulgate, omit this "and".... [ Continue Reading ]
PROFANING. Notwithstanding the covenant made in Nehemiah 10:31. SABBATH.. special various reading called _Sevir_ (App-34), one early printed edition, and Syriac, add the word "day", as in Nehemiah 13:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
LODGE. See note on Nehemiah 4:22,... [ Continue Reading ]
GREATNESS. abundance. MERCY. lovingkindness, or, grace.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAD MARRIED. Notwithstanding the covenant of Nehemiah 10:30 and Ezra 10:12; Ezra 10:14. ASHDOD. Now, _Esdud._ Joshua 15:46... [ Continue Reading ]
ACCORDING TO THE LANGUAGE. Some codices, with four early printed editions, read "but with the tongue... [ Continue Reading ]
CURSED: i.e. caused them to be cursed. Hebrew idiom. Hebrew. _kalal,_ as in Nehemiah 13:2. SMOTE. Hebrew idiom. caused them to be smitten (as in Matthew 27:26; Mark 15:15.John 19:1; John 19:1). CERTAIN. men. Hebrew. _'enosh._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
DID NOT SOLOMON... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. Compare 1Ki 11. 2 Samuel 12:24; 2 Samuel 12:25. SIN. Hebrew. _chata'._ App-44. MANY. the many. OUTLANDISH. the foreign. Hebrew. _nakri._... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL WE... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44. TRANSGRESS. Hebrew. _ma'al._ App-44. STRANGE. foreign. Hebrew. _nakar,_ as in Nehemiah 13:30.... [ Continue Reading ]
ONE OF THE SONS, &C. Joiada the son of Eliashbi was led astray by the degeneracy of his father ( ONLY THE WORD. Permission limited.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY HAVE DEFILED. Compare Malachi 2:1. Hebrew. _ga'al,_. _Homonym._ See note on Ezra 2:62. COVENANT. Compare Nehemiah 9:38.... [ Continue Reading ]
WARDS OF. charges for. N. B. no Art. here.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WOOD OFFERING. See note on Nehemiah 10:34; Nehemiah 10:35. REMEMBER ME. Thus ends the latest sacred history of the O.T.; chronological, not canonical. In. Macc, 2.13 it is recorded of Nehemiah "how he, founding. library, gathered together the books about the kings and prophets, and the books of... [ Continue Reading ]