Numbers 13:30
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...
So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is...
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...
Hold your peace ] in order to guard against uttering words ill-suited to a holy day.
So the Levites. — As before, what Ezra said was repeated to the people in various directions by the Levites. But there was evidently an almost irre...
THE JOY OF THE LORD Nehemiah 8:9-18 "ALL the people wept when they heard the words of the law." Was it for this mournful end that Ezra had stud...
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...
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...
(10) Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is...
So the Levites stilled all the people ,.... Made them quiet and easy, being backed by the governor: saying, hold your peace ; refrain from weeping...
So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day [is] holy; neither be ye grieved. Ver. 11. So the Levites stilled all...
So the Levites stilled the people Whose passions, being once raised, could not very soon be composed. Saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy...
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...
9 And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, T...
The Levites stilled all the people; whose passions being once raised, could not suddenly be composed. Hold your peace; cease from weeping and mou...
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...
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...
The People Wept On Hearing The Law And Were Exhorted Not To Do So By Their Leaders On The Grounds That This Was An Occasion For Celebration ( Nehemi...
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...
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...
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...
PART II . ACCOUNT OF THE STATE OF RELIGION AMONG THE JEWS UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF NEHEMIAH . EXPOSITION REL...
The Feast of Tabernacles
11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.