Nehemiah 7:3
gates <08179> [Let not the gates.]
This is, the gates were not to be opened till sun-rise, and to be shut at sun-set; which is still the custom in many cities of the East. If a traveller arrives after sun-set, he finds the gates shut, and on no consideration will they open them till morning.
some ....... some .... homes <0376 01004> [every one to be.]
Exodus 31:14-17
keep <08104> [keep.]
[everyone.]
does <06213> [doeth.]
Six days .......... day ................... day <08337 03117> [Six days.]
Sabbath ............... Sabbath <07676> [the sabbath.]
holy <06944> [holy. Heb. holiness. whosoever.]
perpetual covenant <01285 05769> [a perpetual covenant.]
sign <0226> [a sign.]
six days ........... on .... day <03117 08337> [six days.]
refreshed <05314> [and was refreshed.]
God, in condescension to human weakness, applies to himself here what belongs to man; though it may refer to the delight and satisfaction with which he contemplated the completion of all his works, and pronounced them very good.
Jeremiah 17:19-22
[A.M. cir. 3393. B.C. cir. 611.]
careful <08104> [Take.]
carry <05375> [bear.]
do ......... observe <06213> [neither do.]
