Nehemiah 8:13

Nehemiah 8:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)On the second day of the month, the heads of all the families, along with the priests and the Levites, gathered around Ezra the teacher to give attention to the words of the Law.
• English Standard Version (ESV)On the second day the heads of fathers' houses of all the people, with the priests and the Levites, came together to Ezra the scribe in order to study the words of the Law.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now on the second day the heads of the fathers’ houses of all the people, with the priests and Levites, were gathered to Ezra the scribe, in order to understand the words of the Law.

Context of Nehemiah 8:13

11And the Levites quieted all the people, saying, Be still! for the day is holy; neither be grieved. 12And all the people went their way, to eat and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great rejoicing. For they had understood the words that were declared to them. And on the second day were gathered together the chief fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to Ezra the scribe, even to gain wisdom as to the words of the law. 14And they found written in the law which Jehovah had commanded through Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month, 15and that they should publish and proclaim through all their cities, and at Jerusalem, saying, Go forth to the mount, and fetch olive-branches, and wild olive-branches, and myrtle-branches, and palm-branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.

Nehemiah 8:13 word by word

וּבַיּ֣וֹם הַשֵּׁנִ֡י נֶאֶסְפוּ֩ רָאשֵׁ֨י הָאָב֜וֹת לְכָל־הָעָ֗ם הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם אֶל־עֶזְרָ֖א הַסֹּפֵ֑ר וּלְהַשְׂכִּ֖יל אֶל־דִּבְרֵ֥י הַתּוֹרָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• secondשֵׁנִיshênîy · secondH8145
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• gatheredאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622
• chiefרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
• fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• Levitesלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881
• Ezraעֶזְרָא‛ezrâ' · EzraH5830
• scribeסֹפֵרsâphar · secretaryH5608
• wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• lawתּוֹרָהtôrâh tôrâh · instructionH8451

Cross-references for Nehemiah 8:13

• 2 Chronicles 30:23And the whole congregation took counsel to observe other seven days; and they observed the seven days with gladness.
• Proverbs 2:1My son, if thou receivest my words, and layest up my commandments with thee,
• Proverbs 8:33hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not.
• Proverbs 12:1Whoso loveth discipline loveth knowledge, but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
• Mark 6:33And many saw them going, and recognised them, and ran together there on foot, out of all the cities, and got [there] before them.
• Luke 19:47And he was teaching day by day in the temple: and the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
• Acts 4:1And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,
• Acts 13:42And as they went out they begged that these words might be spoken to them the ensuing sabbath.
• Nehemiah 8:7And Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law; and the people [stood] in their place.
• Luke 24:32And they said to one another, Was not our heart burning in us as he spoke to us on the way, [and] as he opened the scriptures to us?
• 2 Timothy 2:24And a bondman of [the] Lord ought not to contend, but be gentle towards all; apt to teach; forbearing;

Commentaries on Nehemiah 8:13

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13To understand - Rather, “to consider.”Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-18Verses 13-18 They found written in the law about the feast of tabernacles. Those who diligently search the Scriptures, find things written there which they have forgotten. This feast of tabernacles was a representation of the believer's tabernacle state in this world, and a type of the holy joy of the gospel church. The conversion of the nations to the faith of Christ, is foretold under the figure of this feast, Zec 14:16. True religion will render us…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-18This section, possibly from Ezra’s personal memoirs, explains how Ezra’s teaching of God’s law renewed the people's commitment to serve God and follow his instructions. Spiritual revival occurred alongside the civic work of Ezra and Nehemiah.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-159-10. This day is holy unto the Lord ... mourn not, nor weep--A deep sense of their national sins, impressively brought to their remembrance by the reading of the law and its denunciations, affected the hearts of the people with penitential sorrow. But notwithstanding the painful remembrances of their national sins which the reading of the law awakened, the people were exhorted to cherish the feelings of joy and thankfulness associated with a sacred…Read the comment

Topics related to Nehemiah 8:13

• Feasts
• Joy
• Law
• Levites
• Month
• Word of God
• Worship

In the dictionaries

• Ezra
• Read
• Scribes
• Tabernacles, Feast of
• Atonement, Day of
• Bible, the
• Criticism of the Bible
• Esdras, the First Book of
• Israel, History of
• Leviticus

Commentaries on Nehemiah 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings