Nehemiah 8:3 - Exposition

From the morning until midday . Or, "from daylight." He began as soon as it was light enough, and read on (he and his assistants— Nehemiah 8:7 ) till noon, that is, for six hours or more. The reading appears to have been varied by occasional exposition ( Nehemiah 8:7 , Nehemiah 8:8 ). The ears of all the people were attentive . Though there is no word in the Hebrew for "attentive," yet the meaning is quite correctly given: "the ears of all the people were to the book" Ñ fixed on that, and on nothing else.