1; Upon the reading of the law, separation is made from the
mixed multitude.
4; Nehemiah, at his return, causes the chambers to be
cleansed.
10; He reforms the offices in the house of God;
15; the violation of the sabbath;
23; and the marriages with the strange wives.
* that day.
Some suppose that the events recorded in these verses took
place several years after those related in the preceding
chapter, while Nehemiah was absent at the Persian court; but
the introductory language, on that day, seems rather to imply
that they occurred immediately, or at least about that time.
* they read. Heb. there was read.
# 8:3-8; 9:3; De 31:11,12; 2Ki 23:2; Isa 34:16; Lu 4:16-19; 10:26|
# Ac 13:15; 15:21|
* audience. Heb. ears. the Ammonite.
# 23; De 23:3-5; Isa 15:1-16:14; Jer 48:1-47; Eze 25:1-11; Am 2:1-3|
* Moabite.
# 2:10,19; 4:3; Ps 83:7-9; Jer 49:1-6; Am 1:13-15|
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