Neh 8:1 | Clarke | STEP | Ezra, Nehemiah, and the Levites, read and interpret the laws to the people, . The manner in which they do this important work, . The effect produced on the people's minds by hearing it, . The people are exhorted to be glad, and are told that the joy of the Lord is their strength, . On the second day they assemble, and find that they should keep the feast of tabernacles; which they accordingly religiously solemnize for seven days; and Ezra reads to them from the book of the law, . Verse 1 The street that was before the water gate - The gate which led from the temple to the brook Kidron.

Nehemiah 8:1

Introduction

Ezra, Nehemiah, and the Levites, read and interpret the laws to the people, Neh 8:1-7. The manner in which they do this important work, Neh 8:8. The effect produced on the people's minds by hearing it, Neh 8:9. The people are exhorted to be glad, and are told that the joy of the Lord is their strength, Neh 8:10-12. On the second day they assemble, and find that they should keep the feast of tabernacles; which they accordingly religiously solemnize for seven days; and Ezra reads to them from the book of the law, Neh 8:13-18.

Verse 1

The street that was before the water gate - The gate which led from the temple to the brook Kidron.