Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 8:16
16. the people went forth, and brought . . . and made themselves booths, c.—(See on :- :-). read more
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Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 8:17
17. since the days of Jeshua . . . had not the children of Israel done so—This national feast had not been neglected for so protracted a period. Besides that it is impossible that such a flagrant disregard of the law could have been tolerated by Samuel, David, and other pious rulers, its observance is sufficiently indicated (1 Kings 8:2; 1 Kings 8:65; 2 Chronicles 7:9) and expressly recorded (Ezra 3:4). But the meaning is, that the popular feelings had never been raised to such a height of... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Nehemiah 8:18
18. Also day by day . . . he read in the book of the law of God—This was more than was enjoined ( :-), and arose from the exuberant zeal of the time. on the eighth day was a solemn assembly—This was the last and great day of the feast (see on :-). In later times, other ceremonies which increased the rejoicing were added ( :-). read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Nehemiah 8:13-18
The Feast of Tabernacles 8:13-18Note that the spiritually revived people had an insatiable appetite to learn more about God’s Word. This is a normal outcome of true revival.Perhaps part of what Ezra and his associates read to the people, or at least to the leaders, included Leviticus 23 (Nehemiah 8:13). In Leviticus 23, God called on the Jews to observe the Feast of Tabernacles (Booths) on the fifteenth through the twenty-first days of the seventh month (Leviticus 23:34-36). This was a happy... read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 8:1-18
The Reading of the Law by Ezra1. The street] RV ’the broad place’: and so in Nehemiah 8:3, Nehemiah 8:16. The water gate] This probably led to the spring of Gihon (the Virgin’s spring).2. Ezra] It has been argued in the note on Ezra 10:44 that the effort to fortify Jerusalem described in Ezra 4:6-23 was made whilst Ezra was present there, and that the failure of it destroyed for a time his influence among his countrymen. The interval that elapsed between the destruction of the newly-built walls... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Nehemiah 8:13
(13) The chief of the fathers.—Not the vast multitude now, as the great feast was not yet.Even to understand.—To consider, or give attention to: that is, to learn the full meaning of the almost forgotten festival. The dwelling in booths had fallen into disuse. read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Nehemiah 8:13-18
(13-18) The Feast of Tabernacles. read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Nehemiah 8:15
(15) Saying.—There is no such command in Leviticus; the Septuagint inserts, “And Ezra spake.” But it is better to adopt Houbigant’s slight emendation of the text, which thus runs: “And when they heard it, they proclaimed,” &c. The command, then, is to go out to the Mount of Olives, and gather, not precisely the branches which the ancient law required, but such as circumstances allowed. read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Nehemiah 8:16
(16) And in their courts.—Not only on the roofs, but in the internal courtyards.Of the house of God.—The ministers of the Temple made these; and strangers to Jerusalem made them in the streets or open spaces near the gates. read more
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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