Nehemiah 9:15-38 NIV

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 9:15

And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger ,.... To satisfy that, meaning the manna, Exodus 16:3 and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock, for their thirst ; to quench it; this was done both quickly after they came out of the land of Egypt, and a little before their entrance into the land of Canaan, see Exodus 17:6 and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them ; which oath was made to them and to their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 9:16

But they and our fathers dealt proudly ,.... Behaved in a haughty manner towards God, their kind benefactor: and hardened their necks ; refused to take the yoke of his law, as refractory oxen, that withdraw their necks from the yoke: and hearkened not to thy commandments ; to do them, though they promised they would, Exodus 24:7 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 9:17

And refused to obey ,.... Though exhorted, admonished, and threatened, such was their obstinacy: neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them ; in delivering them at the Red sea, in raining manna about them, and giving them water out of the rock: but hardened their necks ; see the preceding verse: and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage ; they not only proposed it, but determined upon it, which is reckoned the same as if they had... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 9:18

Yea, when they had made them a molten calf ,.... In imitation of the Apis, or ox of the Egyptians: and said, this is thy god that brought thee out of Egypt ; or the image of thy god, as the Arabic version, see Exodus 32:4 , and had wrought great provocations ; of all which nothing was greater than idolatry. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 9:19

Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness ,.... Where no supply could be had, if he had cast them off, see Nehemiah 9:17 , the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way ; which, if it had, they would have been scorched by the heat of the sun: neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way wherein they should go ; or otherwise they would have lost their way, and not have known which way to have gone. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 9:20

Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them ,.... In the knowledge of the laws delivered to them; the spirit of prophecy, according to Ben Melech, and which Aben Ezra interprets of the spirit put upon the seventy elders, Numbers 11:17 , and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth ; all the while they were in the wilderness, until they came to Canaan's land; called the Lord's manna, because prepared by him, and given by him to them; a part or portion and gift from the Lord, as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 9:21

Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing ,.... As not for food, so neither for raiment, as follows: their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not ; of which see Deuteronomy 8:4 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 9:22

Moreover, thou gavest them kingdoms and nations ,.... The two kingdoms of Sihon and Og, and the seven nations of Canaan: and didst divide them into corners ; or "corner"; into every corner of the land of Canaan, so that they possessed the whole of it, a few cities excepted; Jarchi interprets it of one corner, that they might not be mixed with the people of the land, but be all together in one place; but Aben Ezra understands it of the Canaanites, of their being divided and scattered into... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 9:23

Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven ,.... Fulfilling the promise made to Abraham, Genesis 15:5 their number when they came out of Egypt, and just before they entered into the land of Canaan, being upwards of 600,000 men, besides women and children, Exodus 12:37 and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it ; the land of Canaan, promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and their... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 9:4-38

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 9:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 9:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 9:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 9:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 9:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 9:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 9:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 9:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 9:23

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