Nehemiah 8:1

CHAPTER VIII

Ezra, Nehemiah, and the Levites, read and interpret the laws

to the people, 1-7.

The manner in which they do this important work, 8.

The effect produced on the people's minds by hearing it, 9.

The people are exhorted to be glad, and are told that the joy

of the Lord is their strength, 10-12.

On the second day they assemble, and find that they should keep

the feast of tabernacles; which they accordingly religiously

solemnize for seven days; and Ezra reads to them from the book

of the law, 13-18.

NOTES ON CHAP. VIII

Verse Nehemiah 8:1. The street that was before the water gate] The gate which led from the temple to the brook Kidron.