Nehemiah 9:9-25 KJV

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 9:24

So the children went in and possessed the land ,.... Not the fathers of the Israelites that came out of Egypt, they died in the wilderness, all excepting two, but their children, which seems to be the reason of this manner of expression, see Numbers 14:30 and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites ; by means of Joshua, the general of the armies of Israel; there is an elegant paronomania in the word for "subdue", and the Canaanites, which cannot be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 9:25

And they took strong cities ,.... Such as, in an hyperbolical way, are said to be walled up to heaven, Deuteronomy 1:28 and a fat land ; of a good and fruitful soil, abounding with all good things, Deuteronomy 8:7 and possessed houses full of all goods ; ready built and furnished for them, both with good provisions and good furniture: wells digged ; to supply them with water: vineyards, and olive yards, and fruit trees in abundance ; which they planted not: and they... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 9:12

By a cloudy pillar - See the notes on the parallel passages, both here and in the other verses. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 9:14

Madest known unto them thy holy Sabbath - They appear to have forgotten this first of all the commandments of God, during their sojourning in Egypt. read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 9:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 9:25

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 9:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Nehemiah 9:14

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