ネヘミヤ記 8:7-9 JC

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 8:1-12

Religious instruction. "And when the seventh month came," etc. To the well-being of a people the labours of the religious teacher are as necessary as those of the statesman. Nehemiah having provided for the safety of the Jews against their enemies, Ezra, the priest and scribe, steps forward to instruct them in the law of God. Of the manner in which he did this, and the reception his instructions met with, we have a specimen in this narrative. I. The TIME of the meeting. "The first... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 8:1-18

The word of God in a threefold relationship. I. THE WORD OF GOD AND POPULAR DESIRE . "And they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel." 1. The desire of the people for the word of God. 2. The attitude of the people toward the word of God. II. THE WORD OF GOD AND SPIRITUAL EMOTION . "This day is holy unto the Lord your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 8:7

Joshua, Bani, Sherebiah , etc. Levitical families, not individual Levites (see Nehemiah 9:4 , Nehemiah 9:5 ; Nehemiah 10:10-13 ; Nehemiah 12:8 , etc.). And the Levites . i.e. "the rest of the Levites." Caused the people to understand the law . Expounding it, during pauses in the reading. The people stood in their place . Rather, " were in their place"—remained throughout the whole of the reading and exposition without quitting their places. It is not probable that they ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 8:8

They read in the book in the law of God distinctly . That is, so that every word could be distinctly heard. Compare Ezra 4:18 , where a cognate word is translated "plainly." And gave the sense . Translated the Hebrew words into the popular Aramaic or Chaldee . And caused them to understand the reading . Literal]y, "in the reading." In the course of the reading they caused the people to understand by explaining the meaning of each passage. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 8:8-12

Penitence turned into praise. I. ALL TRUE REJOICING MUST BE FOUNDED ON RECONCILIATION WITH GOD . 1. The righteousness of God in his law, while it condemns man, and makes the people to weep when they see their sin in its light, is yet declared not for condemnation, but for reconciliation. 2. The true ministers of God will proclaim mercy, not judgment, as the substance of their message. "This day is holy unto the Lord your God; mourn not, nor weep." There is a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 8:9

Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha . The term "Tirshatha" had previously been applied only to Zerubbabel ( Ezra 2:63 ; Nehemiah 7:65 ), but it was applicable to any governor. The writer of the section, introducing Nehemiah here for the first time, naturally gives him a title of reverence. Nehemiah's modesty had made him content to describe himself by the general and comparatively weak term pechah. Said unto the people … Mourn not . A combined remonstrance is made against the open grief... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 8:9

Penitential sorrow. "All the people wept when they heard the words of the law." I. A NATURAL SORROW . "By the law is the knowledge of sin," and this knowledge cannot but awaken sorrow as to— 1. Guilt contracted. The law is seen to be . The Sabbath day, as originally instituted, was far from being the gloomy season which some represent; and of the other seasons set apart for special religious observance, only one was a fast, all the rest were festivals for the commemoration of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 8:9-12

Religious emotion. The scene through which the redeemed and now secured nation was passing was fruitful of excitement. Everything conspired to affect the minds and stir the souls of the people. Large multitudes are soon wrought into intense feeling, and all that the assembled Israelites were then seeing, hearing, and doing,—this, taken with all they. recalled of old scenes and past glories, and these experiences and recollections mingled with reviving hopes of future freedom,—all together... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 8:7

The names here (and in Nehemiah 9:4, Nehemiah 9:5; Nehemiah 10:9) seem not to be the personal appellations of individuals, but rather designations of Levitical families, the descendants respectively of Jeshua, etc., who lived not later than the time of Zerubbabel Nehemiah 7:43; Nehemiah 12:8. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 8:8

Gave the sense - Either by rendering the Hebrew into the Aramaic dialect, or perhaps simply by explaining obscure words or passages.Caused them to understand - Either “they (the people) understood what was read;” or, “they (the Levites) expounded as they read.” read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 8:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 8:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 8:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 8:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 8:8-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 8:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 8:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 8:9-12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 8:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 8:8

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