Nehemiah 8:1

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This is an interesting chapter, for it records the solemn manner in which Nehemiah caused the law to be read in the presence of the people.

Related Commentaries of Nehemiah 8:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The street - Rather, “the square” or “court.” So in Nehemiah 8:16 (compare Ezra 10:9 ). The court seems to have been one between the eastern g...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that [was] before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the (a) scribe...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

PART IV ( Nehemiah 7:73 b - Nehemiah 10:39 ). Ezra and the Law. Nehemiah 7:73 b - Nehemiah 8:12 . The Reading of the Law. Nehemiah 7:7...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

And . Then. street . broad or open space. See verses: Nehemiah 8:3 ; Nehemiah 8:16 , Neh 8:26. Nehemiah 12:30 ; Nehemiah 12:37 ; Nehemiah 12:...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to b...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Reading of the Law by Ezra 1. The street] RV 'the broad place': and so in Nehemiah 8:3 ; Nehemiah 8:16 . The water gate ] This probably led...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

As one man. — The unanimity rather than the number is emphatic here. And they spake unto Ezra. — Who appears in this book for the first time, ha...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE LAW Nehemiah 8:1-8 THE fragmentary nature of the chronicler's work is nowhere more apparent than in that portion of it which treats of the...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

New Light from God's Law Nehemiah 8:1-18 Surely this was the first public Bible-reading! When will the people be again as hungry for the Word o...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

We now come to the second section of the Book, which gives an account of the special reading of the Law, and the reform which followed. Ezra now appe...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

A NOTABLE CONGREGATION ‘All the people gathered themselves together as one man.’ Nehemiah 8:1 I. This chapter portrays a great congregation...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the watergate ,.... A large and commodious street for suc...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that [was] before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to b...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Into the street that was before the water-gate Probably, in that space which was afterward called the court of the Gentiles. They spake unto Ezra...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE READING OF THE LAW (vv. 1-12) We have seen at the end of chapter 6 the wall was completed, and in chapter 7 appointments were made for the p...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Explanation of the Law. B. C. 444. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

NEHEMIAH CHAPTER 8 Ezra bringeth and expoundeth the law of Moses, and blesseth God with the people, Nehemiah 8:1-8 . Nehemiah and Ezra comfort t...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Reading And Explaining Of The Law ( Nehemiah 8:1-8 ). The first stage of covenant renewal was the reading and explaining of the Law. Such read...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Law Of Moses Is Read And Explained At The Celebration Of The Feasts Of The Seventh Month ( Nehemiah 8:1-18 ). The final words that closed off...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Reading And Explaining To The People Of The Law Of Moses And A Review Of Their Past History, Leads To Them Establishing A Renewal Of Their Coven...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

EXPLANATORY NOTES.] Nehemiah 8:1 . Street ] Rather “square.” An open place at the gate of Oriental cities where trials were held and wares set fo...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 8:2 . Upon the first day of the seventh month, the day when the civil year began, reckoned from the creation of the world. Ezra began the...
The Biblical Illustrator

And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street. The instructor in the law God has evermore blessed His own Word as...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

PART II . ACCOUNT OF THE STATE OF RELIGION AMONG THE JEWS UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF NEHEMIAH . EXPOSITION REL...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And all the people gathered themselves together as one man, with entire unanimity of mind, into the street that was before the Water Gate, a large...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Law Read and Heard
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 34:15 ; Ezra 3:1-13 ; Ezra 7:11 ; Ezra 7:6 ; Isaiah 8:20 ; Jeremiah 8:8 ; Jeremiah 8:9 ; Judges 20:1 ; Judges 20:8 ; Malachi 4...

¹ And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.

Related Commentaries of Nehemiah 8:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nehemiah 8:1