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Nehemiah 8:13

King James Version (KJV)

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Nehemiah 8:13

Verse 13 of 18

Scripture focus

And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.

Nehemiah 8:13 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Nehemiah 8:13

Theological / Devotional

The second day. Having devoted the first half of New Year’s Day — the opening day of the civil year — to listening to instruction from the book of the law, and the second half to joyous festivities, the people apparently returned to their respective homes. The heads of the families and cities, however, assembled with the priests and other ecclesiastical workers the following day for instructions pertaining to further activities of the seventh month of the ecclesiastical calendar (see Vol. II, pp. 109, 110).

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