Verse 18
18. Day by day… he read The people needed instruction, and the feast of tabernacles afforded a most suitable occasion for the public reading of the law. The law also enjoined such a public reading once in seven years at the feast of tabernacles. Deuteronomy 31:10-11.
He read That is, Ezra read, or caused to be read. He was, doubtless, assisted during the seven days by the priests and the Levites, as he had been on the first day of the month. Nehemiah 8:1-8.
A solemn assembly The same as the holy convocation mentioned in Leviticus 23:36.
According unto the manner Or, according to custom. Aside from the extensive reading of the law and the whole community dwelling in booths, which specially distinguished this particular feast, the other observances followed general usage.
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