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Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Nehemiah 8:15

And that: Leviticus 23:4 in Jerusalem: Deuteronomy 16:16 the mount: Judges 9:48, Judges 9:49, Matthew 21:1 fetch: Leviticus 23:40 olive: Genesis 8:11 palm: John 12:13, Revelation 7:9 Reciprocal: 2 Kings 22:10 - Shaphan Hosea 12:9 - as in read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Nehemiah 8:15

And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.Mount — The mount of Olives, which was next Jerusalem, and stored with olive-branches, and probably with the rest: for these trees seem to have been planted hereabouts principally, for the use of the city in this very feast, which,... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 8:15

15. Unto the mount Where the branches of trees would be naturally sought. Olive… pine… myrtle… palm… thick trees Leviticus xxiii, 40, mentions only palms, thick trees, and willows. No special stress seems to have been laid on the kind of trees, but any and all kinds of trees, whose boughs would serve for making booths, might be sought. The word for pine is literally tree of fatness, and is usually understood of the wild olive, or oleaster, but this is far from certain. The Hebrew... read more

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