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Nehemiah 8:7
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.
Nehemiah 8:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Also 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.
- New International Version (NIV)The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law while the people were standing there.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites, helped the people to understand the Law, while the people remained in their places.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, helped the people to understand the Law; and the people stood in their place.
Context of Nehemiah 8:7
5And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people stood up. 6And Ezra blessed Jehovah, the great God; and all the people answered, Amen, Amen! with lifting up of their hands; and they bowed their heads, and worshipped Jehovah with their faces to the ground. And 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. 8And they read in the law of God distinctly out of the book, and gave the sense, and caused [them] to understand the reading. 9And Nehemiah, that is, the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that explained to the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to Jehovah your God: mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.
Read all of Nehemiah 8Nehemiah 8:7 word by word
וְיֵשׁ֡וּעַ וּבָנִ֡י וְשֵׁרֵ֥בְיָ֣ה׀ יָמִ֡ין עַקּ֡וּב שַׁבְּתַ֣י׀ הֽוֹדִיָּ֡ה מַעֲשֵׂיָ֡ה קְלִיטָ֣א עֲזַרְיָה֩ יוֹזָבָ֨ד חָנָ֤ן פְּלָאיָה֙ וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם מְבִינִ֥ים אֶת־הָעָ֖ם לַתּוֹרָ֑ה וְהָעָ֖ם עַל־עָמְדָֽם׃Read the interlinear
- Jeshuaיֵשׁוּעַyêshûa‛ · JeshuaH3442
- Baniבָּנִיbânîy · BaniH1137
- Sherebiahשֵׁרֵֽבְיָהshêrêbyâh · SherebiahH8274
- Jaminיָמִיןyâmîyn · JaminH3226
- Akkubעַקּוּב‛aqqûb · AkkubH6126
- Shabbethaiשַׁבְּתַיshabbethay · ShabbethaiH7678
- Maaseiahמַעֲשֵׂיָהוּma‛ăώêyâh ma‛ăώêyâhû · MaaseiahH4641
- Kelitaקְלִיטָאqelîyţâ' · KelitaH7042
- Azariahעֲזַרְיָה‛ăzaryâh ‛ăzaryâhû · AzariahH5838
- Jozabadיוֹזָבָדyôzâbâd · JozabadH3107
- Hananחָנָןchânân · HananH2605
- Pelaiahפְּלָאיָהpelâyâh pelâ'yâh · PelaiahH6411
- Levitesלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881
- peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- understandבִּיןbîyn · to understandH995
- lawתּוֹרָהtôrâh tôrâh · instructionH8451
- placeעֹ֫מֶד‛ômed · postH5977
Cross-references for Nehemiah 8:7
- Nehemiah 3:19And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, a second piece over against the going up to the armoury at the angle.
- Nehemiah 9:4Then stood up upon the platform of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, Chenani, and cried with a loud voice to Jehovah their God.
- Nehemiah 10:9— And the Levites: Jeshua the son of Azaniah; Binnui, of the sons of Henadad; Kadmiel,
- Nehemiah 12:24And the chief Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise [and] to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.
- Nehemiah 3:17After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next to him repaired Hashabiah, the chief of the half district of Keilah, for his district.
- Nehemiah 10:13Hodijah, Bani, Beninu.
- Nehemiah 10:12Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
- Ezra 8:18And by the good hand of our God upon us, they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, namely, Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
- Nehemiah 11:16and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, [who were] over the outward work of the house of God;
- Nehemiah 12:25Mattaniah and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were doorkeepers keeping the ward at the storehouses of the gates.
- Nehemiah 10:10and their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
- Nehemiah 8:4And Ezra the scribe stood upon a high stage of wood, which they had made for the purpose. And beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkijah, and Maaseiah on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddana, Zechariah, Meshullam.
- Nehemiah 3:23After them repaired Benjamin and Hasshub over against their house. After them repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, by his house.
- Nehemiah 12:41and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, Hananiah, with trumpets;
- Ezra 10:22And of the children of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
- Ezra 10:23And of the Levites: Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
Commentaries on Nehemiah 8:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7The names here (and in Nehemiah 9:4, Nehemiah 9:5; Nehemiah 10:9) seem not to be the personal appellations of individuals, but rather designations of Levitical families, the descendants respectively of Jeshua, etc., who lived not later than the time of Zerubbabel Nehemiah 7:43; Nehemiah 12:8.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-9The Levites were responsible for teaching people God’s word (Deuteronomy 33:10; Malachi 2:5–6). They likely explained the Hebrew Scriptures to smaller groups in Aramaic. Most people spoke Aramaic, the language of Babylon, instead of Hebrew as their first language. Jewish leaders later translated large parts of the Hebrew Bible into Aramaic, so people could hear and study the Bible in a language they understood.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-87-8. caused the people to understand the law ... gave the sense--Commentators are divided in opinion as to the import of this statement. Some think that Ezra read the law in pure Hebrew, while the Levites, who assisted him, translated it sentence by sentence into Chaldee, the vernacular dialect which the exiles spoke in Babylon. Others maintain that the duty of these Levites consisted in explaining to the people, many of whom had become very ignorant…Read the comment
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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
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