Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Nehemiah Chapter 8
Overview
Neh 8:1, The religious manner of reading and hearing the law; Neh 8:9, They comfort the people; Neh 8:13, The forwardness of them to hear and be instructed; Neh 8:16, They keep the feast of tabernacles.
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all the people: Ezr 3:1-13
as one man: Jdg 20:1, Jdg 20:8
before: Neh 8:16, Neh 3:26, Neh 12:37
Ezra: Neh 8:4-9; Ezr 7:6, Ezr 7:11; Jer 8:8, Jer 8:9; Mat 13:52, Mat 23:2, Mat 23:13, Mat 23:34
bring: Ch2 34:15; Isa 8:20; Mal 4:4
priest: Deu 17:18, Deu 31:9, Deu 31:10; Mal 2:7
congregation: Deu 31:11-13; Ch2 17:7-9; Act 15:21
could hear with understanding: Heb. understood in hearing, Isa 28:9
the first: Lev 23:24; Num 29:1
he read: Luk 4:16-20; Act 13:15, Act 13:27, Act 15:21
morning: Heb. light, Act 20:7, Act 20:11, Act 28:23
ears: Mat 7:28, Mat 7:29; Mar 12:37; Luk 8:18, Luk 19:48; Act 16:14, Act 17:11; Th1 2:13; Heb 2:1-3; Rev 2:29, Rev 3:22
pulpit: Heb. tower
Malchiah: Neh 10:3
Meshullam: Neh 10:7, Neh 10:20, Neh 11:7, Neh 12:13; Ezr 10:29
sight: Heb. eyes
blessed: Ch1 29:20; Ch2 6:4; Psa 41:13, Psa 72:18, Psa 72:19; Eph 1:3; Pe1 1:3
Amen: Neh 5:13; Jer 28:6; Mat 6:13; Co1 14:16
with lifting: Gen 14:22; Psa 28:2, Psa 63:4, Psa 134:2, Psa 141:2; Lam 3:41; Ti1 2:8
bowed: Gen 24:26; Exo 4:31, Exo 12:27; Ch2 20:18, Ch2 29:30
with their faces: Lev 9:24; Mat 26:39; Rev 7:11
Jeshua: Neh 3:19, Neh 9:4, Neh 10:9, Neh 12:24
Bani: Neh 3:17, Neh 9:4, Neh 10:13
Sherebiah: Neh 9:4, Neh 10:12, Neh 12:24; Ezr 8:18
Akkub: Neh 11:16, Neh 11:19, Neh 12:25
Maaseiah: Neh 8:4, Neh 3:23, Neh 12:41, Neh 12:42; Ezr 10:22
Azariah: Neh 3:23, Neh 10:2, Neh 12:33
Hanan: Neh 10:10
Pelaiah: Neh 10:10
caused: Lev 10:11; Deu 33:10; Ch2 17:7-9, Ch2 30:22; Mal 2:7
and gave the sense: Hab 2:2; Mat 5:21, Mat 5:22, Mat 5:27, Mat 5:28; Luk 24:27, Luk 24:32, Luk 24:45; Act 8:30-35, Act 17:2, Act 17:3; Act 28:23
Nehemiah: Neh 7:65, Neh 7:70, Neh 10:1; Ezr 2:63
Tirshatha: or, governor
Ezra: Ezr 7:11
the Levites: Neh 8:7, Neh 8:8; Ch2 15:3, Ch2 30:22, Ch2 35:3; Hos 4:6
This day: Neh 8:2; Lev 23:24; Num 29:1-6
mourn not: Deu 12:7, Deu 12:12, Deu 16:11, Deu 16:14, Deu 16:15, Deu 26:14; Ecc 3:4; Isa 61:3; Mal 2:13
all the people: Kg2 22:11, Kg2 22:19; Ch2 34:19, Ch2 34:21; Rom 3:20, Rom 7:9; Co2 7:9-11
Go your way: Ecc 2:24, Ecc 3:13, Ecc 5:18, Ecc 9:7; Ti1 6:17, Ti1 6:18
eat: Sol 5:1
send: Deu 26:11-13; Est 9:19, Est 9:22; Job 31:16-18; Ecc 11:2; Luk 11:41; Rev 11:10
the joy: Psa 28:7, Psa 28:8, Psa 149:2; Pro 17:22; Isa 6:7, Isa 6:8, Isa 12:1-3, Isa 35:1-4, Isa 61:10; Joe 2:23; Co2 8:2, Co2 12:8, Co2 12:9; Phi 3:4
stilled: Num 13:30
to send: Neh 8:10
to make: Psa 126:1-3
because: Neh 8:7, Neh 8:8; Job 23:12; Psa 19:8-11, Psa 119:14, Psa 119:16, Psa 119:72, Psa 119:97, Psa 119:103, Psa 119:104, Psa 119:111, Psa 119:127, Psa 119:130, Psa 119:171, Psa 119:174; Pro 2:10, Pro 2:11, Pro 24:13, Pro 24:14; Jer 15:16; Luk 24:32; Rom 7:18
the second: Ch2 30:23; Pro 2:1-6, Pro 8:33, Pro 8:34, Pro 12:1; Mar 6:33, Mar 6:34; Luk 19:47, Luk 19:48; Act 4:1; Act 13:42
to understand the words of the law: or, that they might instruct in the words of the law, Neh 8:7, Neh 8:8; Luk 24:32; Ti2 2:24, Ti2 2:25
by: Heb. by the hand of
dwell: Lev 23:34, Lev 23:40-43; Deu 16:13-15; Zac 14:16-19; Joh 7:2
booths: Gen 33:17
the feast: That is, the feast of tabernacles, which was held in the month Tisri, the seventh of the ecclesiastical year, in commemoration of the sojourning of the Israelites in the wilderness after they had been delivered from Egyptian bondage. For other particulars see the parallel passages.
And that: Lev 23:4
in Jerusalem: Deu 16:16
the mount: Jdg 9:48, Jdg 9:49; Mat 21:1
fetch: Lev 23:40
olive: Gen 8:11
the roof: Deu 22:8; Sa2 11:2; Jer 19:13, Jer 32:29
the courts: Ch2 20:5, Ch2 33:5
the street of the water gate: Neh 8:3, Neh 3:26, Neh 12:37
gate of Ephraim: Neh 12:37, Neh 12:39; Kg2 14:13
sat under: Joh 1:14; Heb 11:9, Heb 11:13
Jeshua: Jos 1:1, Joshua, Heb 4:8, Jesus
had not: Ch2 7:8-10, Ch2 8:13; Ezr 3:4
there was: Ch1 29:22; Ch2 7:10, Ch2 30:21-23
day by day: Deu 31:10-13
a solemn assembly: Heb. a restraint