Nehemiah 8:7 - John Wesley's Notes

Nehemiah 8:7

5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was standing above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people ^astood up.

6 And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. Then all the people ^aanswered, “Amen, Amen!” while ^blifting up their hands. And they ^cbowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.

7 Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, ^ahelped the people to understand the Law; and the people ^bstood in their place.

8 So they read distinctly from the book, in the Law of God; and they gave the sense, and helped them to understand the reading.

9 ^aAnd Nehemiah, who was the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, ^b“This day is holy to the Lord your God; ^cdo not mourn nor weep.” For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the Law.

10 Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, ^aand send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

11 So the Levites quieted all the people, saying, “Be still, for the day is holy; do not be grieved.”

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Nehemiah 8:7

Understand - As well the words, which being Hebrew, now needed to be translated into the Chaldee or Syriack language, now, the common language of that people, who together with their religion, had also in a great part lost their language; as also the meaning of them: they expounded the mind and will of God in what they read, and applied it to the peoples present condition. Place - That is, In their several places and stations into which the company seems to have been distributed for conveniency of hearing; it not being likely that so vast a congregation could distinctly hear one man's voice. Or, by their stations, that is, by the several stations of the Levites, and persons last named; who seem to have had several scaffolds, by comparing this with Nehemiah 9:4, upon which thy stood, as Ezra did upon his pulpit, Nehemiah 8:4.

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