...Two events on that occasion deserve to stand together as cause and effect — " They read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading" (Nehemiah viii. 8). Then before many days had been passed in this exercise the princes, Levites and...

...afforded in a passage not immediately relating to the solemnity in question. " So they read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading." That a thorough analysis or exposition of the text accompanied the reading is, according to Dr. Clarke,...

...Gospel, or proper Lesson, of the day, according the pattern given in Nehemiah, " They read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused the people to understand the reading."* You will not suspect me of any intention to lower the importance...

...the people to understand the la\v ; and the people stood in their place : so they read in the book of the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading. — Neh. viii. 1 — 9; xiii. 1. He established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel,...

...and the Priests stood before them to instruct them. This is the passage: "So they read in the book of the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading." This verse is a perfect treatise in a sentence of the art of reading aloud. Let our young men remember...

...persons may also understand, and thereby the Biblical verse be fulfilled: "So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading" (Nehemiah 8:8).6' And the Sefer Hasidim teaches: If a Jew who does not understand Hebrew but is a pious...

...caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place. 8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading. 9 And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Lévites that taught...

...Herzfeld, iii. 76; and the article on 'Writing' in Smith's Diet. iii. 1788. 1 ' They read in the book, in the Law of God distinctly and gave the sense, and caused (them) to understand the reading.' Herzfeld (iii. 58) does not so interpret the passage ; he thinks that Hebrew was still spoken by the...

...Levites who read the Scriptures to the people in the days of Ezra, it is said, ' ' They read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading." 1 By diligent effort all may acquire the power to read intelligibly and to speak in a full, clear,...

...caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place. 8 So they read in the book 9 11 And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Lévites that taught...