Nehemiah 8:8

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Summary

Nehemiah 8:8

So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.

And gave the sense

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And gave the sense

Then the Lord answered me and said,
“Record the vision
And inscribe it on tablets,
That the one who reads it may run.

“You have heard that the ancients were told, ‘You shall not commit murder’ and ‘Whoever commits murder shall be liable to the court.’

Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.

Philip ran up and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”

And according to Paul’s custom, he went to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

When they had set a day for Paul, they came to him at his lodging in large numbers; and he was explaining to them by solemnly testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to persuade them concerning Jesus, from both the Law of Moses and from the Prophets, from morning until evening.

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and so as to teach the sons of Israel all the statutes which the Lord has spoken to them through Moses.”

The Levites shall then answer and say to all the men of Israel with a loud voice,

When they go in, the prince shall go in among them; and when they go out, he shall go out.

saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses;