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Nehemiah 8

Neh. 8:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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So they read
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
in the book
cepher (Hebrew #5612)
from 5608; properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
KJV usage: bill, book, evidence, X learn(-ed) (-ing), letter, register, scroll.
Pronounce: say'-fer
Origin: or (feminine) ciphrah (Psa. 56:8 (9)) {sif-raw'}
in the law
towrah (Hebrew #8451)
from 3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
KJV usage: law.
Pronounce: to-raw'
Origin: or torah {to-raw'}
of God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
distinctly
parash (Hebrew #6567)
to separate, literally (to disperse) or figuratively (to specify); also (by implication) to wound
KJV usage: scatter, declare, distinctly, shew, sting.
Pronounce: paw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
, and gave
suwm (Hebrew #7760)
a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.
Pronounce: soom
Origin: or siym {seem}
the sense
sekel (Hebrew #7922)
from 7919; intelligence; by implication, success
KJV usage: discretion, knowledge, policy, prudence, sense, understanding, wisdom, wise.
Pronounce: seh'-kel
Origin: or sekel {say'-kel}
, and caused them to understand
biyn (Hebrew #995)
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
KJV usage: attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
Pronounce: bene
Origin: a primitive root
i the reading
miqra' (Hebrew #4744)
something called out, i.e. a public meeting (the act, the persons, or the place); also a rehearsal
KJV usage: assembly, calling, convocation, reading.
Pronounce: mik-raw'
Origin: from 7121
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Luke 24:27,45• 27And having begun from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
 45Then he opened their understanding to understand the scriptures, (Luke 24:27,45)
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Acts 8:30• 30And Philip, running up, heard him reading the prophet Esaias, and said, Dost thou then know what thou art reading of? (Acts 8:30)
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and gave the sense.
Hab. 2:2• 2And Jehovah answered me and said, Write the vision, and engrave it upon tablets, that he may run that readeth it. (Hab. 2:2)
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Matt. 5:21‑22,27‑28• 21Ye have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not kill; but whosoever shall kill shall be subject to the judgment.
 22But *I* say unto you, that every one that is lightly angry with his brother shall be subject to the judgment; but whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be subject to be called before the sanhedrim; but whosoever shall say, Fool, shall be subject to the penalty of the hell of fire.
 27Ye have heard that it has been said, Thou shalt not commit adultery.
 28But *I* say unto you, that every one who looks upon a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. (Matt. 5:21‑22,27‑28)
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Luke 24:27,32,45• 27And having begun from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
 32And they said to one another, Was not our heart burning in us as he spoke to us on the way, and as he opened the scriptures to us?
 45Then he opened their understanding to understand the scriptures, (Luke 24:27,32,45)
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Acts 8:30‑35• 30And Philip, running up, heard him reading the prophet Esaias, and said, Dost thou then know what thou art reading of?
 31And he said, How should I then be able unless some one guide me? And he begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
 32And the passage of the scripture which he read was this: He was led as a sheep to slaughter, and as a lamb is dumb in presence of him that shears him, thus he opens not his mouth.
 33In his humiliation his judgment has been taken away, and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
 34And the eunuch answering Philip said, I pray thee, concerning whom does the prophet say this? of himself or of some other?
 35And Philip, opening his mouth and beginning from that scripture, announced the glad tidings of Jesus to him. (Acts 8:30‑35)
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Acts 17:2‑3• 2And according to Paul's custom he went in among them, and on three sabbaths reasoned with them from the scriptures,
 3opening and laying down that the Christ must have suffered and risen up from among the dead, and that this is the Christ, Jesus whom *I* announce to you. (Acts 17:2‑3)
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Acts 28:23• 23And having appointed him a day many came to him to the lodging, to whom he expounded, testifying of the kingdom of God, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and the prophets, from early morning to evening. (Acts 28:23)
• When the Lord can take delight in our walk — a dependent walk of obedience to Him and His word — then we have strength; it’s neither numbers nor our own estimation of ourselves that count. (“The Gates - Neh. 3:1-32” by N. Simon)
• It is important to present the Scriptures in a way that is orderly and clear. Timothy received “an outline of sound words” from the Apostle Paul (2 Tim. 1:13). Luke wrote an orderly account of events to Theophilus (Luke 1:3). (“Reading the Book of the Law of Moses - Neh. 8:1-12” by N. Simon)
• It must be remembered that the people had dwelt long in Babylon, and that many of them, under the influence of their surroundings, had adopted Babylonish habits and ways, and even the Babylonish tongue. The sacred language, the language too of their fathers, had thus fallen into disuse and had in many cases been forgotten....It became necessary therefore to cause the people to understand the law, to read it distinctly or with an interpretation, to give the sense, and to cause them to understand the reading. (“Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 8:1-12” by E. Dennett)
• The true function of the teacher is to give the sense of the Scriptures, to explain what they mean, and to cause their hearers to understand their import. There will be also the application of the Word to the state and needs of the people; but even in this, as in the case before us, it will be as guided of the Holy Spirit to the suited portions. (“Exposition on Nehemiah: Nehemiah 8:1-12” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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