Bible Commentary

Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, [and] Pethahiah, said, Stand up [and] bless the LORD your God forever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. 5. Then ] As in Neh 9:4, the ‘copula’; no very exact sequence of time is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 9:5”

Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, [and] Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God. 4. upon the stairs (Marg. Or, scaffold) of the Levites ] R.V. upon the stairs of the Levites. According to a common but inaccurate punctuation … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 9:4”

And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God [one] fourth part of the day; and [another] fourth part they confessed, and worshiped the LORD their God. 3. stood up ] Literally, ‘arose.’ in their place ] cf. Neh 8:7. The people appear to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 9:3”

And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers. 2. the seed of Israel ] A more formal and poetical expression than ‘the children of Israel.’ It does not occur again in these books; but we find it in 2Ki 17:20; 1Ch … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 9:2”

Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them. 1. in the twenty and fourth day of this month ] i. e. on the second day after the 8th day of the Feast of Tabernacles. fasting ] Cf. Ezr … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 9:1”

Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day [was] a solemn assembly, according unto the manner. 18. he read ] i.e. Ezra. This is the usual explanation, so also … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 8:18”

And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness. 17. that were come again out of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 8:17”

So the people went forth, and brought [them], and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim. 16. So the people went … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 8:16”

And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as [it is] written. 15. and that they should publish and proclaim saying ] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 8:15”

And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month: 14. And they found written ] The passages in the Pentateuch relating to the Feast of Tabernacles are Exo 23:16; Lev 23:39-43; Num 29:12-38; Deu … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 8:14”