Bible Commentary

And he read therein before the street that [was] before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people [were attentive] unto the book of the law. 3. before the street ] R.V. before the broad place. The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 8:3”

And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. 2. Ezra the priest ] cf. Ezr 7:1; Ezr 7:11. the law ] i.e. the book of the law. Cf. 2Co 3:14 ‘the old covenant’ … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 8:2”

And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that [was] before the water gate; and they spoke unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel. 1. into the street ] R.V. into the broad place. The open space … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 8:1”

So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and [some] of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel [were] in their cities. 73. some] R.V. some. The Heb. gives the partitive idea. (LXX. . Vulg. ‘reliquum … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 7:73”

And [that] which the rest of the people gave [was] twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests’ garments. Neh 7:72 And that which the rest of the people gave. The rest of the people gave It is a great misfortune when any Christian effort is supported … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 7:72”

And [some] of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver. 71. to the treasure ] R.V. into the treasury. pound ] R.V. marg. ‘Heb. maneh ’. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse 71. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 7:71”

And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests’ garments. 70. And some of the chief of the fathers ] R.V. And some from among the heads of fathers’ houses. So in Neh 7:71. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 7:70”

[Their] camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses. Verse 69. Their camels, four hundred thirty and five] After this verse St. Jerome has inserted the following words in the Vulgate: – Hucusque refertur quid in commentario scriptum fuerit; exin Nehemiae historia texitur. “Thus far do the words extend which … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 7:69”

Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred forty and five: 68. This verse does not appear in some of the oldest Hebrew MSS., and is not reckoned in the computation of 685 verses assigned to these books in the Massoretic note at its close. The omission, however, is not supported by … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 7:68”

Beside their menservants and their maidservants, of whom [there were] seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women. 67. two hundred forty and five ] So 1Es 5:41 , Ezr 2:65 ‘two hundred.’ Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Neh 7:67 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Nehemiah 7:67”