11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
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11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
11 And the Levites are keeping all the people silent, saying, `Be silent, for to-day `is' holy, and be not grieved.'
11 And the Levites quieted all the people, saying, Be still! for the day is holy; neither be grieved.
11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be you grieved.
11 So the Levites made all the people quiet, saying, Be quiet, for the day is holy; and do not give way to grief.
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Commentary on Nehemiah 8 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 8
Ezra came up out of Babylon thirteen years before Nehemiah came, yet we have here a piece of good work which he did, that might have been done before, but was not done till Nehemiah came, who, though he was not such a scholar nor such a divine as Ezra, nor such a scribe in the law of his God, yet was a man of a more lively active spirit. His zeal set Ezra's learning on work, and then great things were done, as we find here, where we have,
Neh 8:1-8
We have here an account of a solemn religious assembly, and the good work that was done in that assembly, to the honour of God and the edification of the church.
Neh 8:9-12
We may here observe,
Neh 8:13-18
We have here,