E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Nehemiah 8:13
chief = heads. read more
尼希米記 8:13-18 Rcuvts
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Nehemiah 8:14
found: i.e. they came to the place where direction was given. written. See note on Exodus 17:14 , and App-47 . children = sons. booths. Compare Lev 28:39-43 .Deuteronomy 16:13-15 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Nehemiah 8:15
mount = hill country. as it is written. See Leviticus 23:42 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Nehemiah 8:16
and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton ( App-6 ), to mark the minuteness of the obedience. one = man. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14 . read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Nehemiah 8:17
Jeshua. Another spelling of Joshua. not . . . done so. 2 Chronicles 8:13 speaks only of the offerings required by the Law, which Solomon offered. Nothing is said th e r e of what the People did; so that there is no "discrepancy", as is alleged. Israel. See note on 1 Kings 12:17 . read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Nehemiah 8:18
he. Some codices, with Syriac, read "they". assembly = restraint: i.e. restraint from work. manner = regulation, or ordinance. Nehemiah 9:1 Nehemiah 10:39 is parallel with Ezra 9:1 Ezra 10:44 .Ezra 4:1; Ezra 4:1 Ezra 8:36 comes between Nehemiah 8:18 with Nehemiah 9:1 . See the Table and Structure on p. 617, notes on p. 618, and App-58 . 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 8:15
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
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 8:1-18
8:1-13:31 NEHEMIAH’S REFORMSFirst reading of the law (8:1-18)The wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the sixth month (see 6:15). Israel’s mid-year meetings and festivals were held during the seventh month (Leviticus 23:24,Leviticus 23:27,Leviticus 23:34), so this was a fitting occasion to assemble the people to celebrate the completion of the rebuilt wall (see 7:73b, 8:1). (The same time of the year had been chosen for the dedication of the rebuilt altar more than ninety years... read more