Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Also day by day . . . he read in the book of the law of God—This was more than was enjoined (Deuteronomy 31:10-12), and arose from the exuberant zeal of the time.
on the eighth day was a solemn assembly—This was the last and great day of the feast (see on Numbers 29:35). In later times, other ceremonies which increased the rejoicing were added (John 7:37).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Nehemiah 8:18:
Nehemiah 8:16
John 7:2
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