Nehemías 8:10

10 También les dijo: Id, comed de la grosura, bebed de lo dulce, y mandad raciones a los que no tienen nada preparado; porque este día es santo para nuestro Señor. No os entristezcáis, porque la alegría del SEÑOR es vuestra fortaleza.

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Nehemías 8:10 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 8:10

Then he said unto them
Nehemiah the Tirshatha or governor:

go your way;
to their own houses, and refresh themselves; it being noon, and they had stood many hours attentive to the reading and expounding of the law:

eat the fat, and drink the sweet:
not a common meal, but a feast, consisting of the richest provisions, the best of food and liquors

and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared;
for the poor, who had no food at home provided for them; the widow, fatherless, and stranger, who at festivals were to partake of the entertainment, ( Deuteronomy 16:11 )

for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be you sorry;
confirming what the Levites had said and exhorted to, ( Nehemiah 8:9 )

for the joy of the Lord is your strength;
to rejoice, as the Lord commanded them on such days as these, was a means both of increasing their bodily strength and their inward strength, and of fitting them the more to perform their duty to God and men with cheerfulness, which sorrow and heaviness made unfit for; and the joy which has the Lord for its object, and comes from him, is the cause of renewing spiritual strength, so as to run and not be weary, walk and not faint, in the ways of God.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Nehemías 8:10 In-Context

8 Y leyeron en el libro de la ley de Dios, traduciéndolo y dándole el sentido para que entendieran la lectura.

9 Entonces Nehemías, que era el gobernador, y Esdras, el sacerdote y escriba, y los levitas que enseñaban al pueblo, dijeron a todo el pueblo: Este día es santo para el SEÑOR vuestro Dios; no os entristezcáis, ni lloréis; porque todo el pueblo lloraba al oír las palabras de la ley.

11 Los levitas calmaron a todo el pueblo diciendo: Callad, porque el día es santo, no os entristezcáis.

12 Y todo el pueblo se fue a comer, a beber, a mandar porciones y a celebrar una gran fiesta, porque comprendieron las palabras que les habían enseñado.