尼希米記 9:17 RCUVTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 9:12-21

Israel in the desert. The people now recount the mercies of God to their fathers in the desert, and confess the sins of which they were guilty there. After deliverance from Egypt, the desert had to be passed before Canaan could be reached; and there the people were instructed and organised, tried and proved, disciplined and chastised, and thus prepared for orderly settlement as a nation in the promised land. I. THE DIVINE FAVOURS BY WHICH THEY WERE DISTINGUISHED . 1 ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Nehemiah 9:17

In their rebellion . Several MSS . have b'Mitzraim for b'Miryam, which would give the sense "appointed a captain to return to their bondage in Egypt." So the Septuagint. Appointed a captain . The reference is to Numbers 14:4 , where we are told that the Israelites "said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt." The Levites speak as if the appointment had been made, perhaps regarding the intention as morally equivalent to the act. A God ready to pardon ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 9:17

In their rebellion - The Septuagint and several maunscripts have “in Egypt” (the words in the original differing by one letter only), and translate - “And appointed a captain to return to their bondage in Egypt.” Compare the margin reference. The appointment of a leader is regarded here as made, whereas we are only told in the Book of Numbers that it was proposed. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Nehemiah 9:16-17

Nehemiah 9:16-17 . But our fathers dealt proudly, &c. Notwithstanding all thy singular and wonderful mercies, they sinned presumptuously, and with a high hand, scorning to submit their wills to thine. Having hitherto recounted God’s mercies toward them, with a view to aggravate their guilt, he now comes to confess their sins, in order that he might lead them to a sincere and ingenuous grief for them, not only on account of the sufferings which they had brought on themselves, but for the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 9:1-38

Israel’s confession and oath (9:1-10:39)Two days after the end of the Feast of Tabernacles (which lasted from the fifteenth day to the twenty-second day of the month; see 8:18; Leviticus 23:34), the people reassembled for another reading of the law. After this came a time of confession and worship led by the Levites (9:1-5).The prayer began by exalting God as the great Creator, and by praising him for choosing Abraham and making his covenant with him (6-8). God was faithful to his people... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Nehemiah 9:17

among = with. appointed a captain. See Numbers 14:4 . to their bondage. Some codices, with one early printed edition, read bemizraim = to Egypt, instead of bemiryam = in their rebellion. ready to pardon = of forgivenesses. of great kindness = abounding in lovingkindness. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Nehemiah 9:1-38

2. The prayer of the people ch. 9The people were not content to go about their business as usual after hearing the Word of God read. They realized they needed to hear more and to get right with God more completely. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Nehemiah 9:5-38

The prayer of praise 9:5-38A second group of seven Levites (Nehemiah 9:5) led the people in the prayer of praise that Nehemiah included in this book, perhaps on a different day than the prayer he wrote about in Nehemiah 9:1-4."The prayer is intended to instruct the readers. It gives us a survey of the history of Israel with emphasis on certain events in the life of the Chosen People. This approach is comparable to that of Psalms 78, 105, 106, 135, , 136." [Note: Fensham, pp. 227-28.] It is... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 9:1-38

The Renewal of the Covenant4. 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 12:8.6. Thou, etc.] Before this LXX inserts ’And Ezra said.’ The prayer that follows first recalls God’s early mercies to the nation, the unworthy return made for such, the divine forbearance, the people’s renewed offences, and their consequent punishment; it next acknowledges the justice of the chastisement... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Nehemiah 9:17

(17) In their rebellion.—Rather, appointed a captain to return to their bondage in Egypt. This is the reading of some MSS., followed by the Septuagint, and is in harmony with Numbers 14:4, though there the appointment is only proposed.A God ready to pardon.—A God of pardons; only in Daniel 9:9 and Psalms 130:4. read more