Overview
Nehemiah 8:1, The religious manner of reading and hearing the law; Nehemiah 8:9, They comfort the people; Nehemiah 8:13, The forwardness of them to hear and be instructed; Nehemiah 8:16, They keep the feast of tabernacles.

am 3559, bc 445
all the people: Ezra 3:1-13
as one man: Judges 20:1, Judges 20:8
before: Nehemiah 8:16, Nehemiah 3:26, Nehemiah 12:37
Ezra: Nehemiah 8:4-9, Ezra 7:6, Ezra 7:11, Jeremiah 8:8, Jeremiah 8:9, Matthew 13:52, Matthew 23:2, Matthew 23:13, Matthew 23:34
bring: 2 Chronicles 34:15, Isaiah 8:20, Malachi 4:4
Reciprocal: Leviticus 8:3 - General Leviticus 9:5 - and all the congregation Deuteronomy 31:11 - shalt read Deuteronomy 33:10 - They shall teach 2 Kings 22:10 - Shaphan 2 Kings 23:2 - he read 1 Chronicles 24:6 - the scribe 2 Chronicles 32:6 - in the street Ezra 7:10 - and to teach Ezra 7:25 - teach ye Ezekiel 44:24 - in all Zephaniah 2:1 - gather together John 11:55 - before Acts 15:21 - sabbath

priest: Deuteronomy 17:18, Deuteronomy 31:9, Deuteronomy 31:10, Malachi 2:7
congregation: Deuteronomy 31:11-13, 2 Chronicles 17:7-9, Acts 15:21
could hear with understanding: Heb. understood in hearing, Isaiah 28:9
the first: Leviticus 23:24, Numbers 29:1
Reciprocal: Leviticus 10:11 - General Deuteronomy 29:10 - General Joshua 8:34 - he read Joshua 8:35 - women 2 Chronicles 34:30 - he read Ezra 3:1 - the seventh Ezra 7:1 - Ezra Nehemiah 8:9 - This day Nehemiah 9:1 - of this month Nehemiah 10:28 - every one Acts 5:14 - multitudes James 1:19 - let

pulpit: Heb. tower
Maaseiah: Nehemiah 10:25, Nehemiah 11:5
Malchiah: Nehemiah 10:3
Hashum: Nehemiah 10:18, Ezra 10:33
Meshullam: Nehemiah 10:7, Nehemiah 10:20, Nehemiah 11:7, Nehemiah 12:13, Ezra 10:29
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 9:7 - Sallu 2 Chronicles 6:13 - scaffold Ezra 7:6 - scribe Ezra 10:18 - Maaseiah Nehemiah 3:23 - Maaseiah Nehemiah 3:25 - Pedaiah Nehemiah 8:1 - Ezra Nehemiah 8:7 - Maaseiah Nehemiah 9:3 - they stood Nehemiah 13:13 - Pedaiah Matthew 23:2 - General

opened: Luke 4:16, Luke 4:17
sight: Heb. eyes
stood up: Judges 3:20, 1 Kings 8:14
Reciprocal: Joshua 22:33 - blessed 2 Chronicles 6:3 - all the congregation

and gave the sense: Habakkuk 2:2, Matthew 5:21, Matthew 5:22, Matthew 5:27, Matthew 5:28, Luke 24:27, Luke 24:32, Luke 24:45, Acts 8:30-35, Acts 17:2, Acts 17:3, Acts 28:23
Reciprocal: Leviticus 10:11 - General Deuteronomy 27:14 - General 2 Kings 22:13 - great 2 Chronicles 17:7 - to teach 2 Chronicles 30:22 - taught 2 Chronicles 35:3 - the Levites Ezra 7:25 - teach ye Nehemiah 8:9 - the Levites Nehemiah 8:12 - because Nehemiah 8:13 - to understand the words of the law Nehemiah 9:3 - they stood Isaiah 32:4 - heart Ezekiel 46:10 - General

stilled: Numbers 13:30
Reciprocal: Esther 2:18 - gave gifts

the second: 2 Chronicles 30:23, Proverbs 2:1-6, Proverbs 8:33, Proverbs 8:34, Proverbs 12:1, Mark 6:33, Mark 6:34, Luke 19:47, Luke 19:48, Acts 4:1, Acts 13:42
to understand the words of the law: or, that they might instruct in the words of the law, Nehemiah 8:7, Nehemiah 8:8, Luke 24:32, 2 Timothy 2:24, 2 Timothy 2:25
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 31:11 - shalt read Deuteronomy 33:10 - They shall teach 2 Chronicles 7:8 - kept 2 Chronicles 17:7 - to teach Ezra 7:6 - scribe

by: Heb. by the hand of
dwell: Leviticus 23:34, Leviticus 23:40-43, Deuteronomy 16:13-15, Zechariah 14:16-19, John 7:2
booths: Genesis 33:17
the feast: That is, the feast of tabernacles, which was held in the month Tisri, the seventh of the ecclesiastical year, in commemoration of the sojourning of the Israelites in the wilderness after they had been delivered from Egyptian bondage. For other particulars see the parallel passages.
Reciprocal: Exodus 23:16 - ingathering Leviticus 23:42 - General Numbers 29:12 - the fifteenth day 1 Kings 8:2 - at the feast 2 Kings 22:10 - Shaphan 2 Chronicles 17:7 - to teach Ezra 3:1 - the seventh Ezra 3:4 - the feast Ezra 10:3 - let it Jeremiah 35:6 - Ye shall Jeremiah 35:7 - all Ezekiel 45:25 - In the seventh

And that: Leviticus 23:4
in Jerusalem: Deuteronomy 16:16
the mount: Judges 9:48, Judges 9:49, Matthew 21:1
fetch: Leviticus 23:40
olive: Genesis 8:11
palm: John 12:13, Revelation 7:9
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 22:10 - Shaphan Hosea 12:9 - as in

the roof: Deuteronomy 22:8, 2 Samuel 11:2, Jeremiah 19:13, Jeremiah 32:29
the courts: 2 Chronicles 20:5, 2 Chronicles 33:5
the street of the water gate: Nehemiah 8:3, Nehemiah 3:26, Nehemiah 12:37
gate of Ephraim: Nehemiah 12:37, Nehemiah 12:39, 2 Kings 14:13
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 9:25 - the top 2 Chronicles 25:23 - gate of Ephraim 2 Chronicles 32:6 - in the street Nehemiah 8:1 - before 1 Corinthians 10:31 - ye eat

day by day: Deuteronomy 31:10-13
a solemn assembly: Heb. a restraint
according: Leviticus 23:36, Numbers 29:35, John 7:37
Reciprocal: Leviticus 23:41 - General Numbers 29:12 - the fifteenth day Deuteronomy 16:8 - solemn assembly Deuteronomy 31:11 - shalt read Deuteronomy 33:10 - They shall teach 2 Kings 22:10 - Shaphan 2 Chronicles 7:9 - solemn assembly 2 Chronicles 30:22 - taught Joel 1:14 - solemn assembly James 1:19 - let