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Nehemiah 8:7
7The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—explained the Teachings to the people while they were standing there.
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
5Ezra, standing higher than all the other people, opened the book in front of all the people. As he opened it, all the people stood up. 6Ezra thanked the Lord, the great God. All the people responded, “Amen! Amen!” as they raised their hands and then bowed with their faces to the ground and worshiped the Lord. The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—explained the Teachings to the people while they were standing there. 8They read the Book of God’s Teachings clearly and explained the meaning so that the people could understand what was read. 9Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people told them, “This is a holy day for the Lord your God. Don’t mourn or cry.” All the people were crying as they listened to the reading of God’s Teachings.
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
Words taken from the KJV.
- Also Jeshuaיֵשׁוּעַyêshûa‛ · JeshuaH3442
- and Baniבָּנִיbânîy · BaniH1137
- and Sherebiahשֵׁרֵֽבְיָהshêrêbyâh · SherebiahH8274
- Jaminיָמִיןyâmîyn · JaminH3226
- Akkubעַקּוּב‛aqqûb · AkkubH6126
- Shabbethaiשַׁבְּתַיshabbethay · ShabbethaiH7678
- Hodijahהוֹדִיָּהhôdîyâh · HodiahH1941
- Maaseiahמַעֲשֵׂיָהוּma‛ăώêyâh ma‛ăώêyâhû · MaaseiahH4641
- Kelitaקְלִיטָאqelîyţâ' · KelitaH7042
- Azariahעֲזַרְיָה‛ăzaryâh ‛ăzaryâhû · AzariahH5838
- Jozabadיוֹזָבָדyôzâbâd · JozabadH3107
- Hananחָנָןchânân · HananH2605
- Pelaiahפְּלָאיָהpelâyâh pelâ'yâh · PelaiahH6411
- and the Levitesלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881
- caused the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- to understandבִּיןbîyn · to understandH995
- the lawתּוֹרָהtôrâh tôrâh · instructionH8451
- in their placeעֹ֫מֶד‛ômed · postH5977
Cross-references for Nehemiah 8:7
- Nehemiah 3:19Next to him Ezer, Jeshua’s son, the official in charge of Mizpah, repaired a section across from the ascent to the Armory at the Angle.
- Nehemiah 9:4Then Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chanani stood on the stairs built for the Levites and cried loudly to the Lord their God.
- Nehemiah 10:9These were the Levites: Jeshua (son of Azaniah), Binnui (of the sons of Henadad), Kadmiel,
- Nehemiah 12:24The heads of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua (son of Kadmiel). They and their relatives stood in groups across from one another to sing hymns of praise and thanksgiving antiphonally as David, the man of God, had ordered.
- Nehemiah 3:17After him the Levites, including Rehum (Bani’s son), made repairs. Next to him Hashabiah, the official in charge of half the district of Keilah, made repairs for his district.
- Nehemiah 10:13Hodiah, Bani, and Beninu.
- Nehemiah 10:12Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
- Ezra 8:18God was guiding us, so Iddo and his relatives brought us someone competent, Sherebiah, who was a descendant of Mahli, Levi, and Israel. They brought us 18 of Sherebiah’s sons and relatives.
- Nehemiah 11:16Shabbethai and Jozabad, Levite leaders, who were in charge of the work outside God’s temple.
- Nehemiah 12:25Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers standing guard at the storehouses by the gates.
- Nehemiah 10:10and their relatives Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
- Nehemiah 8:4Ezra the scribe stood on a raised wooden platform made for this occasion. Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah stood beside him on his right. Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchiah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam stood beside him on his left.
- Nehemiah 3:23After them Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs across from their own homes. After them Azariah, son of Maaseiah and grandson of Ananiah, made repairs next to his home.
- Nehemiah 12:41Likewise, these priests stood in God’s temple: Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah with trumpets,
- Ezra 10:22From the descendants of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah
- Ezra 10:23From the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, 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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