nehemiah 8:3

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Nehemiah 8:3

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”

— D.L. Moody
Nehemiah 8:3
Verse 3 of 18

Scripture focus

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 the ears of all the people [were attentive] unto the book of the law.

Nehemiah 8:3KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Nehemiah 8:3

Theological / Devotional

From the morning until midday. The instruction lasted five or six hours. That it did not consist of incessant reading is apparent from verses 4-8, which explain that the reading went on alternately with explanatory interpretations of the law by the Levites.

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