Nehemiah 8:5 Meaning and Commentary
“And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up.”– Nehemiah …
“And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up.”– Nehemiah …
“And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, …
“And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and …
“And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.”– …
“And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book …
“So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the …
“And that which the rest of the people had offered was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pounds of silver, and threescore and seven priests’ …
“And some of the chief of the provinces gave to the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests’ …
“And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The governor gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests’ …
“The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven.”– Nehemiah 7:69 (KJV) “The people of Bigvai, 2,367.”– Nehemiah 7:69 (NLT) “The descendants of Bigvai numbered 2,367.”– Nehemiah 7:69 (MSG) What …