Nehemiah 8:1--10:39
people <05971> [A.M. 3559. B.C. 445. all the people.]
together <0259 0376> [as one man.]
front <06440> [before.]
Ezra <05830> [Ezra.]
bring <0935> [bring.]
priest <03548> [priest.]
assembly <06951> [congregation.]
understand .... heard <0995 08085> [could hear with understanding. Heb. understood in hearing.]
first <0259> [the first.]
read <07121> [he read.]
dawn <0216> [morning. Heb. light.]
understand <0241> [ears.]
towering ... platform <04026> [pulpit. Heb. tower. Maaseiah.]
Malkijah <04441> [Malchiah.]
Hashum <02828> [Hashum.]
Meshullam <04918> [Meshullam.]
opened ..................... opened <06605> [opened.]
view <05869> [sight. Heb. eyes. stood up.]
blessed <01288> [blessed.]
Amen Amen <0543> [Amen.]
lifted <04607> [with lifting.]
bowed <06915> [bowed.]
faces <0639> [with their faces.]
Jeshua <03442> [Jeshua.]
Bani <01137> [Bani.]
Sherebiah <08274> [Sherebiah.]
Akkub <06126> [Akkub.]
Hodiah <01941> [Hodijah.]
Maaseiah <04641> [Maaseiah.]
Kelita <07042> [Kelita.]
Azariah <05838> [Azariah.]
Jozabad <03107> [Jozabad.]
Hanan <02605> [Hanan.]
Pelaiah <06411> [Pelaiah.]
people ...... people <05971> [caused.]
imparting insight <07760 07922> [and gave the sense.]
Nehemiah <05166> [Nehemiah.]
governor <08660> [Tirshatha. or, governor. Ezra.]
Levites <03881> [the Levites.]
day <03117> [This day.]
mourn ... weep ........ weeping <056 01058> [mourn not.]
people ...... them ................... people <05971> [all the people.]
<03212> [Go your way.]
eat <0398> [eat.]
send <07971> [send.]
joy <02304> [the joy.]
quieted <02814> [stilled.]
tremendous <07971> [to send.]
<06213> [to make.]
insight <0995> [because.]
second <08145> [the second.]
consider ... words .... law <01697 08451 07919> [to understand the words of the law. or, that they might instruct in the words of the law.]
through <03027> [by. Heb. by the hand of. dwell.]
shelters <05521> [booths.]
festival <02282> [the feast.]
That is, the feast of tabernacles, which was held in the month {Tisri,} the seventh of the ecclesiastical year, in commemoration of the sojourning of the Israelites in the wilderness after they had been delivered from Egyptian bondage. For other particulars see the parallel passages.
make a proclamation <08085> [And that.]
Jerusalem <03389> [in Jerusalem.]
hill country <02022> [the mount.]
bring back <0935> [fetch.]
olive <02132> [olive.]
date palms <08558> [palm.]
roof <01406> [the roof.]
courtyard ..... courtyards <02691> [the courts.]
plaza .... Water Gate .... plaza ..... Gate <04325 08179 07339> [the street of the water gate.]
Gate ....... Ephraim Gate <08179 0669> [gate of Ephraim.]
temporary shelters ... lived <03427 05521> [sat under.]
Joshua <03442> [Jeshua.]
[Joshua.]
[Jesus. had not.]
So ...................... done <06213> [done so.]
very <03966> [there was.]
day ... day ..... day ........... days ... on .... day <03117> [day by day.]
assembly <06116> [a solemn assembly. Heb. a restraint. according.]
twenty-fourth <06242> [Now.]
On the first of this month was the feast of trumpets; on the tenth, the day of atonement; on the fourteenth began the feast of tabernacles, which lasted seven days, ending on the twenty- second; on the twenty-third, they separated themselves from their illegitimate wives; and on the twenty-fourth, they held a solemn day of fasting and confession of sin, and reading the law; the whole of which they closed by renewing their covenants.
twenty-fourth <06242> [twenty.]
month <02320> [of this month.]
Israelites <01121> [children.]
dust <0127> [earth.]
descent <02233> [the seed.]
foreigners <01121> [strangers. Heb. strange children.]
confessing <03034> [confessed.]
<06965> [they stood.]
fourth <07243> [one fourth.]
steps <04608> [stairs. or, scaffold. Jeshua.]
called out <02199> [cried.]
Stand up <06965> [Stand up.]
bless ....................... blessed <01288> [bless.]
glorious <03519> [thy glorious.]
lifted up <07311> [exalted.]
LORD <03068> [even thou.]
made <06213> [thou hast.]
heavens .... highest heavens ................................... heaven <08064> [the heaven.]
life <02421> [preservest.]
stars .......................... multitudes <06635> [the host.]
chose <0977> [choose.]
Ur <0218> [Ur.]
changed <07760> [gavest.]
perceived <04672> [foundest.]
established <03772> [madest.]
Canaanites <03669> [the Canaanites.]
fulfilled <06965> [hast performed.]
righteous <06662> [righteous.]
saw <07200> [didst see.]
heard <08085> [heardest.]
performed <05414> [shewedst.]
acted presumptuously <02102> [they.]
made <06213> [didst.]
split <01234> [divide.]
pursuers <07291> [their persecutors.]
stone <068> [as a stone.]
guided <05148> [thou leddest.]
path <01870> [in the way.]
down <03381> [camest.]
spoke <01696> [spakest.]
provided them <05414> [gavest.]
true laws <08451 0571> [true laws. Heb. laws of truth.]
known <03045> [madest.]
issued ....... them <06680> [commandedst.]
Moses <04872> [Moses.]
provided ............. you ............................... give <05414> [gavest.]
forth <03318> [broughtest.]
enter <0935> [go.]
<03027> [sworn. Heb. lift up thine hand.]
presumptuously <02102> [dealt.]
<07185> [hardened.]
obey <08085> [hearkened.]
There were two things to which the Israelites did not duly give heed, else they had not done as they did. The word of God they heard, but they gave no heed to God's commandments: and the works of God they saw, but were not mindful of his wonders. Had they really considered them as miracles, they would have obeyed from a principle of faith and holy fear: had they duly considered them as mercies, they would have obeyed from a principle of gratitude and holy love.
refused <03985> [refused.]
recall <02142> [mindful.]
rebelled <04805> [in their rebellion.]
Instead of {bemiryam,} "in their rebellion," seven MSS., one edition, and the LXX., have {bemitzrayim,} "in Egypt:" "appointed a captain to return to their bondage in Egypt."
appointed <05414> [appointed.]
God <0433> [a God.]
forgiveness <05547> [ready to pardon. Heb. of pardons. gracious.]
abandon <05800> [forsookest.]
great <07227> [in thy.]
pillar ................. pillar <05982> [the pillar.]
imparted .................. provided <05414> [gavest.]
good <02896> [good.]
withhold <04513> [withheldest.]
imparted .................. provided <05414> [gavest.]
forty <0705> [forty.]
clothes ........ feet <08008 07272> [their.]
gave <05414> [thou.]
allocated <02505> [divide.]
Sihon <05511> [Sihon.]
multiplied <07235> [multipliedst.]
brought ............ enter <0935> [broughtest.]
told <0559> [which thou.]
descendants <01121> [So the.]
subdued <03665> [thou subduedst.]
pleased <07522> [as they would. Heb. according to their will.]
fortified <01219> [strong.]
fertile land <0127 08082> [a fat land.]
wells <0953> [wells. or, cisterns. fruit trees. Heb. trees of food. did eat.]
fat <08080> [and became fat.]
They became effeminate, fell under the power of luxury, got totally corrupted in their manners, sinned against all the mercies of God, and then were destroyed by His judgments.
enjoyed <05727> [delighted.]
disobedient <04784> [they were.]
disregarded ... law <08451 07993> [cast thy law.]
killed <02026> [slew.]
committed <06213> [wrought.]
delivered ................................. provided <05414> [thou deliveredst.]
time <06256> [in the time.]
deliverers ... rescue <03467> [saviours.]
back ... doing evil ................... again <07451 07725 06213> [did evil again. Heb. returned to do evil.]
heard <08085> [heardest.]
time <06256 07227> [many times.]
solemnly admonished <05749> [testifiedst.]
behaved presumptuously <02102> [yet they.]
individual <0120> [which.]
boldly turned from <03802 05414> [withdrew the shoulder. Heb. gave a withdrawing shoulder.]
rebelled <07185> [and hardened.]
many years <08141 07227> [many years.]
prolonged ............ admonished <04900 05749> [forbear them. Heb. protract over them. testifiedst.]
Spirit <07307> [by thy spirit.]
prophets <05030> [thy prophets. Heb. the hand of thy prophets. therefore.]
abundant <07227> [for thy great.]
merciful <02587> [gracious.]
God <0430> [our God.]
keeps <08104> [keepest.]
hardship <08513> [trouble. Heb. weariness. little before thee.]
befallen .... kings ................... kings <04672 04428> [come upon us. Heb. found us. on our kings.]
days .......... day <03117> [since the time.]
righteous <06662> [Howbeit.]
wrong <07561> [but we.]
attention <07181> [nor hearkened.]
testimonies <05715> [thy testimonies.]
admonished <05749> [thou didst.]
serve <05647> [For they.]
kingdom <04438> [in their kingdom.]
Instead of {bemalkuthom,} "in their kingdom," {bemalkuthecha,} "in thy kingdom," is the reading of two of Dr. Kennicott's MSS., LXX., Syriac, and Arabic.
incredible <07227> [thy great.]
fertile land <0776 08082> [fat land.]
abundant <07235> [it yieldeth.]
rule <04910> [dominion.]
<03772> [we make.]
sealed <02856> [seal unto it. Heb. are at the sealing, or sealed.]
sealed <02856> [those that sealed. Heb. at the sealings.]
Nehemiah <05166> [Nehemiah.]
governor <08660> [Tirshatha. or, governor.]
son ... Hacaliah <02446 01121> [son of Hachaliah.]
Seraiah <08304> [Seraiah.]
Pashhur <06583> [Pashur.]
Amariah <0568> [Amariah.]
Malkijah <04441> [Malchijah.]
The original is uniformly Malchijah, or rather, Malkeeyah.
[Malchiah.]
Hattush <02407> [Hattush.]
Shebaniah <07645> [Shebaniah.]
Malluch <04409> [Malluch.]
Harim <02766> [Harim.]
Meremoth <04822> [Meremoth.]
Ginnethon <01599> [Ginnethon.]
[Ginnetho. Baruch.]
Meshullam <04918> [Meshullam.]
Abijah <029> [Abijah.]
Mijamin <04326> [Mijamin.]
Mijamin and Miamin are the same in the original, [MÅ’yÆ’mÅ’n <\\See definition 04326\\>,] which is a defective form of [MinyÆ’mÅ’n <\\See definition 04509\\>,] Miniamin.
[Miamin.]
[Miniamin.]
Bilgai <01084> [Bilgai.]
[Bilgah. Shemaiah.]
Jeshua <03442> [Jeshua.]
Henadad <02582> [Henadad.]
Shebaniah <07645> [Shebaniah.]
Hashabiah <02811> [Hashabiah.]
Sherebiah <08274> [Sherebiah.]
Parosh <06551> [Parosh.]
[Zattu.]
The original is uniformly Zattu.
Bani <01137> [Bani.]
[Binnui.]
Azgad <05803> [Azgad.]
Bigvai <0902> [Bigvai.]
Hashum <02828> [Hashum.]
rest <07605> [the rest.]
separated <0914> [all they.]
law <08451> [unto the law.]
<03045> [every one.]
participate <02388> [clave.]
enter into <0935> [entered.]
<03212> [to walk.]
given <05414> [given.]
through <03027> [by. Heb. by the hand of. to observe.]
LORD <03068> [the Lord.]
peoples <05971> [the people.]
holy day .................... day <03117 06944> [on the holy day.]
fallow <05203> [and that we.]
<04853> [the exaction.]
loan <03027> [debt. Heb. band.]
give <05414> [to charge.]
one third <07992> [the third part.]
According to the law, every one above twenty years of age was to give half a shekel to the sanctuary for a ransom for their souls. But, on account of the general poverty of the people, occasioned by their wars, and captivity, and by heavy tributes, etc., in the land of their captivity, this sum was reduced to the third part of a shekel.
presentation <04635> [the shewbread.]
regular ..... regular burnt offerings <08548 05930> [the continual burnt.]
work <04399> [all the work.]
cast <05307> [cast.]
wood offerings <07133 06086> [the wood offering.]
It was the business of the Nethinim to procure the wood for the fires of the temple: but it is probable few of them returned to their former masters after the captivity; and therefore they found it necessary to cast lots among the priests, Levites, and people, who should furnish the wood at appointed times. This bringing of the wood to the temple at last became a great day; and was constituted into a feast, called by Josephus, [Xylophoria,] "the carrying of the wood" (Bell. 1. ii. c. 17. sec.6).
times <06256> [at times.]
written <03789> [as it is written.]
firstborn .......... firstborn <01060> [the first-born.]
priests <03548> [unto.]
first <07225> [the first-fruits.]
storerooms <03957> [to the chambers.]
tenth <04643> [and the tithes.]
Levites .... Levites ....... Levites <03881> [when the Levites.]
tenth .... tithes <04643> [the tithe.]
The tithes of all the produce of the fields were brought to the Levites; and out of these a tenth part was given to the priests, which is here called the tithe of the tithes: see the parallel passages.
temple .......... treasury <01004 0214> [the treasure house.]
Israelites .... Levites <01121> [For the children.]
Israelites .... Levites <01121> [the children.]
neglect <05800> [we will not.]
