Nehemiah 9:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst. ”

Nehemiah 9:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Fast and a National Confession. All that took place, as described in this section, was the result of the reading of the Law. The command to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles having been observ...
Nehemiah 9:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9. Compare Numbers 11:16 ; Numbers 11:17 ; Deuteronomy 34:9 ; Psalms 143:10 , and Nehemiah 9:30 below. manna. Compare Exodus 16:15 . Joshua 5:12 .
Nehemiah 9:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
Nehemiah 9:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Thou gavest also thy good spirit— This whole chapter, says Mr. Peters, contains a beautiful epitome of the history of the Jews; raised and animated by a spirit of devotion, which appears in all tha...
Nehemiah 9:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to she...
Nehemiah 9:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Renewal of the Covenant 4. Stairs] lit. 'ascent': probably the pulpit of wood mentioned in Nehemiah 8:4 . Bani.. Bani ] One of the two names is probably an error for 'Binnui': cp. Nehemiah...
Nehemiah 9:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Thy good spirit. — Probably a reference to Numbers 11:17 ; Numbers 11:25 . The epithet given to the Spirit is in Psalms 143:10 . But His teaching function occurs here only, and is a remarkable a...
Nehemiah 9:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE RELIGION OF HISTORY Nehemiah 9:1-38 AFTER the carnival-Lent. This Catholic procedure was anticipated by the Jews in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah. The merry feast of Tabernacles was scarcel...
Nehemiah 9:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God's Hand in History Nehemiah 9:1-21 What a blessed result of the Bible-study of the previous chapter. It led to confession, separation from evil association and worship. It is good to review...
Nehemiah 9:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

After a brief interval, following the feast came the great day of humiliation. The people separated themselves entirely from all who were not actually within the Covenant, and gave themselves to conf...
Nehemiah 9:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(6) Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preserv...
Nehemiah 9:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them ,.... In the knowledge of the laws delivered to them; the spirit of prophecy, according to Ben Melech, and which Aben Ezra interprets of the spirit...
Nehemiah 9:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst. Ver. 20. Thou gavest also thy good spirit ] viz. To their...
Nehemiah 9:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to instruct them Which thou didst graciously and plentifully impart, first unto Moses, and then unto the seventy elders, ( Numbers 11:17-26 ,) to the end that they...
Nehemiah 9:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ISRAEL'S GUILT CONFESSED TO THEIR CREATOR (vv. 1-6) The Great Day of Atonement was on the first day of the seventh month, followed by the Feast of Tabernacles beginning the 15th day; but what...
Nehemiah 9:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Prayer of the Levites. B. C. 444. 4 Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites,...
Nehemiah 9:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thou gavest also thy good spirit; which thou didst graciously and plentifully impart unto Moses, and then unto the seventy eiders, Numbers 11:17,25,26 , to the end that they might be able to dir...
Nehemiah 9:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The People Mourn Over Their Sins, Confess Them, And Are Led By The Levites In A Prayer Of Contrition And Remembrance Of God's Grace Continually Revealed Towards Them In The Past, In Hope That In The...
Nehemiah 9:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXPLANATORY NOTES.] “The confession recorded in this chapter uses largely the language of the older Scriptures. For Nehemiah 9:6 see Psalms 86:10 ; Exodus 20:11 , and Deuteronomy 10:14 . For Ne...
Nehemiah 9:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 9:1 . On the twenty fourth day of this month. The third day after the feast of tabernacles, the people assembled with fasting, to abjure associations with heathen women. See Ezra 10:3 ....
Nehemiah 9:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

And cried with a loud voice unto the Lord their God. The suppliant The true test of the good received in religious ordinances is their sanctifying effect on the life. Many a tree is gay with bl...
Nehemiah 9:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION SOLEMN FAST KEPT , WITH CONFESSION OF SINS ; AND VOLUNTARY COVENANT WITH GOD ENTERED INTO BY THE PEOPLE , AND SEALED TO BY THE PRINCES , PRI...
Nehemiah 9:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Levites Confess the People's Wickedness
Nehemiah 9:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 1:21 ; Ephesians 5:9 ; Exodus 16:15 ; Exodus 16:35 ; Exodus 17:6 ; Galatians 5:22 ; Galatians 5:23 ; Isaiah 41:17 ; Isaiah 41:18 ; Isaiah 48:21 ; Isaiah 49:10 ; Isaiah 63:11-14 ;...

Nehemiah 9:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 9:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Nehemiah 9:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Nehemiah 9:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Nehemiah 9:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 9:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 9:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Nehemiah 9:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Nehemiah 9:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Nehemiah 9:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Nehemiah 9:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nehemiah 9:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Nehemiah 9:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Nehemiah 9:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 9:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 9:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nehemiah 9:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Nehemiah 9:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Nehemiah 9:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Nehemiah 9:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 9:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Nehemiah 9:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Nehemiah 9:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Nehemiah 9:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge