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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)On October 9 the family leaders of all the people, together with the priests and Levites, met with Ezra the scribe to go over the Law in greater detail.

Context of Nehemiah 8:13

11So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, "Be quiet, for this day is holy; do not be grieved." 12And all the people went their way to eat and drink and to send portions and to make great rejoicing, because they had understood the words that were declared to them. 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. 14And they found it written in the Law that the Lord had commanded by Moses that the people of Israel should dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month, 15and that they should proclaim it and publish it in all their towns and in Jerusalem, "Go out to the hills and bring branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And on the secondשֵׁנִיshênîy · secondH8145
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• were gathered togetherאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622
• the chiefרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: leaderH7218
• of the fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• of all the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• the priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• and the Levitesלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881
• unto Ezraעֶזְרָא‛ezrâ' · EzraH5830
• the scribeסֹפֵרsâphar · secretaryH5608
• even to understandשָׂכַלώâkal · be prudentH7919
• the wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• of the lawתּוֹרָהtôrâh tôrâh · instructionH8451

Cross-references for Nehemiah 8:13

• 2 Chronicles 30:23Then the whole assembly agreed together to keep the feast for another seven days. So they kept it for another seven days with gladness.
• Proverbs 2:1My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you,
• Proverbs 8:33Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it.
• Proverbs 12:1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.
• Mark 6:33Now many saw them going and recognized them, and they ran there on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them.
• Luke 19:47And he was teaching daily in the temple. The chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people were seeking to destroy him,
• Acts 4:1And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,
• Acts 13:42As they went out, the people begged that these things might be told them the next Sabbath.
• Nehemiah 8:7Also 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.
• Luke 24:32They said to each other, "Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?"
• 2 Timothy 2:24And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil,

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