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Nehemiah 8:18

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18 And day by day, from the first day to the last day, 1he read from the Book of the Law of God. They kept the feast seven days, and 2on the eighth day there was a solemn assembly, according to the rule.
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Nehemiah 8:18 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 8:18

Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he
read in the book of the law of God
That is, Ezra; this was done by him every day during the feast, whereas only the first and last days were the holy convocations on which it seems to have been read:

and they kept the feast seven days, and on the eighth day was a solemn
assembly, according to the manner;
prescribed in ( Leviticus 23:39 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Nehemiah 8:18 In-Context

16 So the people went out and brought them and made booths for themselves, each on his roof, and in their courts and in the courts of the house of God, and in the square at the Water Gate and in the square at the Gate of Ephraim.
17 And all the assembly of those who had returned from the captivity made booths and lived in the booths, for from the days of Jeshua the son of Nun to that day the people of Israel had not done so. And there was very great rejoicing.
18 And day by day, from the first day to the last day, he read from the Book of the Law of God. They kept the feast seven days, and on the eighth day there was a solemn assembly, according to the rule.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Deuteronomy 31:10, 11
  • 2. Leviticus 23:36; Numbers 29:35
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