John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 9:13
Thou camest down also upon Mount Sinai ,.... By some visible tokens of his presence, as a cloud, fire, smoke, &c.; which must be understood consistent with his omniscience, see Exodus 19:18 , and spakest with them from heaven ; the decalogue or ten commandments, Exodus 20:1 , and gavest them right judgments and true laws, good statutes and commandments ; both judicial and ceremonial, which were of excellent use to them in their civil and ecclesiastical polity; these were not... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 9:4-38
We have here an account how the work of this fast-day was carried on. 1. The names of the ministers that were employed. They are twice named (Neh. 9:4, 5), only with some variation of the names. Either they prayed successively, according to that rule which the apostle gives (1 Cor. 14:31; You may all prophesy one by one), or, as some think, there were eight several congregations at some distance from each other, and each had a Levite to preside in it. 2. The work itself in which they employed... read more