Bible Commentary

And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them. 15. bread from heaven ] See Exo 16:4, ‘I will rain bread from heaven … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 9:15”

And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant: 14. and madest known sabbath ] Cf. Eze 20:12. Apparently referring to the fourth Commandment (Exo 20:8-11. Cf. Exo 31:16). But it is to be noticed that the observance of the Sabbath is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 9:14”

Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments: 13. The Sinaitic Legislation 13. mount Sinai ] It will be observed that Sinai, not Horeb, is referred to. The reference is taken from Exo 19:18, ‘And mount Sinai the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 9:13”

Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go. 12 21. The Wilderness 12. in the day by a cloudy pillar ] R.V. in a pillar of cloud by day. in the night … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 9:12”

And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters. 11. divide the dry land] The description is based on Exo 14:21-22; Exo 15:19. The verbal correspondence is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 9:11”

And showedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as [it is] this day. 10. and shewedst signs and wonders, &c.] This epitome of the history of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 9:10”

And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea; 9 11. The Deliverance from Egypt 9. didst see ] R.V. thou sawest. The words are probably based on Exo 3:7, ‘And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people.’ heardest their cry … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 9:9”

And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give [it, I say], to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou [art] righteous: 8. his heart faithful ] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 9:8”

Thou [art] the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham; 7, 8. The Patriarch Abraham; the choice, the call, the name, and the character of the man, and the covenant made with him Thou art the Lord the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 9:7”

Thou, [even] thou, [art] LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all [things] that [are] therein, the seas, and all that [is] therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshipeth thee. 6. Thou, even thou, art Lord alone ] R.V. Thou … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 9:6”