THE LAW
Nehemiah 8:1
THE fragmentary nature of the chronicler's work is nowhere more
apparent than in that portion of it which treats of the events
immediately following on the completion of the fortifications of
Jerusalem. In Nehemiah 7:1 we have a continuation of the governor's
personal narrative... [ Continue Reading ]
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 political unrest, until at length he was
able to make it known with all the pomp and circumstance o... [ Continue Reading ]