Níxīmǐjì 8:17

17 Cóng lǔ dào zhī dì guī huí de quánhuì zhòng jiù dā péng , zhù zaì péng lǐ . cóng nèn de érzi Yuēshūyà de shíhou zhídào zhè rì , Yǐsèliè rén méiyǒu zhèyàng xíng . yúshì zhòngrén dàdà xǐlè .

Níxīmǐjì 8:17 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 8:17

And all the congregation of them that were come again out of
captivity made booths
These came to Jerusalem, and made them booths there; for there only was this feast kept, see ( John 7:2 John 7:10 ) ,

and sat under the booths;
there they dwelt during the seven days of it, in commemoration of their ancestors dwelling in booths in the wilderness, see ( Leviticus 23:42 Leviticus 23:43 )

for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the
children of Israel done so;
Joshua observed it, when be had brought and settled the people of Israel in the land of Canaan; and it had been observed since, before this time, as appears from ( 1 Kings 8:2 1 Kings 8:65 1 Kings 8:66 ) ( Ezra 3:4 ) ; but not so, with such exactness, with such zeal and affection, with such a regard to the law of God, as to read it every day of the feast, as in the next verse, and with such joy and gladness; wherefore there is no reason to suspect a corruption in the text, as a learned man ^F23 does, who supposes that Joshua is put for Josiah:

and there was very great gladness;
that they were restored unto and settled in their land, had the book of the law, and the knowledge of it, and were directed and enabled to observe it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 Delancy's Life of King David, vol. 1. p. 395. marg.

Níxīmǐjì 8:17 In-Context

15 Bìng yào zaì gè chéng hé Yēlùsǎlĕng xuānchuán bàogào shuō , nǐmen dāng shang shān , jiāng gǎnlǎn shù , yĕ gǎnlǎn shù , pān shíliu shù , zōng shù , hé gèyàng mào mì shù de zhīzǐ qǔ lái , zhào zhe suǒ xiĕ de dā péng .

16 Yúshì bǎixìng chū qù , qǔ le shùzhī lái , gèrén zaì zìjǐ de fáng dǐng shang , huò yuàn neì , huò shén diàn de yuàn neì , huò shuǐ mén de kuānkuò chù , huò Yǐfǎlián mén de kuānkuò chù dā péng .

17 Cóng lǔ dào zhī dì guī huí de quánhuì zhòng jiù dā péng , zhù zaì péng lǐ . cóng nèn de érzi Yuēshūyà de shíhou zhídào zhè rì , Yǐsèliè rén méiyǒu zhèyàng xíng . yúshì zhòngrén dàdà xǐlè .

18 Cóng tóu yī tiān , zhídào mò yī tiān , Yǐsīlá mĕi rì niàn shén de lǜfǎ shū . zhòngrén shǒu jié qī rì , dì bá rì zhàolì yǒu yán sù huì .