Neh 8:2 | Wesley | STEP | First day - This was the feast of trumpets, which is called a sabbath, and on which they were to have an holy convocation, . And it was on this day, the altar was set up, after their return from captivity; in remembrance of which they had probably kept it ever since, with more than ordinary solemnity.

Nehemiah 8:2

First day - This was the feast of trumpets, which is called a sabbath, and on which they were to have an holy convocation, Lev 23:24. And it was on this day, the altar was set up, after their return from captivity; in remembrance of which they had probably kept it ever since, with more than ordinary solemnity.