Nehemiah 8

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Nehemiah 8:1

READING OF THE LAW OF MOSES;THE FEAST OF TABERNACLESNehemiah 7:73b: "And when the seventh month was come, the children of Israel were in their cities."Our version (ASV) includes this line with Nehemiah 8, because it identifies the time of the great reading of the Law discussed herein. The seventh month was Tishri, corresponding to our September-October.[1]The Nehemiah 8; Nehemiah 9 and Nehemiah 10 are a unit, incorporated, we believe, by the author Nehemiah as an explanation of the great... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Nehemiah 8:9

THE WEEPING OF THE PEOPLE TURNED INTO JOY"And Nehemiah who was the governor, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto Jehovah your God; mourn not nor weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law. Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye grieved; for the joy of... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Nehemiah 8:13

REGARDING THE SECOND DAY OF THE SEVENTH MONTH"And on the second day were gathered together the heads of fathers' houses of all the people, the priests, and the Levites unto Ezra the scribe, even to give attention to the words of the law. And they found written in the law, how that Jehovah had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month; and that they should publish and proclaim it in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Nehemiah 8

CHAP. VIII. The religious manner of reading and hearing the law. The feast of tabernacles is celebrated. Before Christ 444. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Nehemiah 8:2

Nehemiah 8:2. Ezra the priest, &c.— This Ezra, without all controversy, was the same who came from Babylon in the seventh year of Artaxerxes. After the death of Zerubbabel, the whole administration devolved upon him; but as his commission lasted but twelve years, upon its expiration Nehemiah succeeded to the government; and we hear no more of Ezra, until he is here called upon to read and expound the law to the people. Whether, as some think, he returned to Babylon, to give the people an... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Nehemiah 8:15

Nehemiah 8:15. And that they should publish and proclaim— Which when they heard, they sent preachers into all the cities, and into Jerusalem, saying, Go forth, &c. Houbigant. Fetch olive-branches, &c.— See Scheuchzer's Physique Sacree, tom. 6: p. 6. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Nehemiah 8:17

Nehemiah 8:17. Since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun, &c.— It can hardly be thought that this festival had never been observed since Jeshua's time, because we read in the book of Ezra, that it was kept at their return from Babylon; but the meaning is, that the joy since that time had never been so great as it was upon this occasion; for which the Jews themselves assign this reason, that in the days of Jeshua they rejoiced, because they had gotten possession of the land of Canaan; and now... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Nehemiah 8:18

Nehemiah 8:18. A solemn assembly, according unto the manner— It is supposed to have been at this solemnity that the notable discovery happened of the sacred fire, related 2Ma 1:18, &c. The Jews affirm, that Jeremiah, or some other prophet, had caused it to be hidden in a dry well, a little before the taking of Jerusalem; and that the memory of it having been still preserved to that time, Nehemiah caused it to be brought out for the divine service. In memory of this wonderful discovery, the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 8

CHAPTER 8 :-. RELIGIOUS MANNER OF READING AND HEARING THE LAW. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 8:1

1. all the people gathered themselves together as one man—The occasion was the celebration of the feast of the seventh month ( :-). The beginning of every month was ushered in as a sacred festival; but this, the commencement of the seventh month, was kept with distinguished honor as "the feast of trumpets," which extended over two days. It was the first day of the seventh ecclesiastical year, and the new year's day of the Jewish civil year, on which account it was held as "a great day." The... read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Nehemiah 8:1

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Nehemiah 8:9

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Nehemiah 8:13

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Nehemiah 8

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Nehemiah 8:2

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Nehemiah 8:15

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Nehemiah 8:17

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Nehemiah 8:18

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 8

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 8:1

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