John Gill's Exposition on Nehemiah 8:1

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the watergate, etc.] A large and commodious street for such a company of people, which led to the water gate, of which (see <160326>Nehemiah 3:26) hither the people gathered with great unanimity, zeal, and affection: and they spoke unto Ezra the scribe; the same who is called Ezra the priest, and scribe of the law of God, and said to be a ready one, (<150706>Ezra 7:6,11,12), who came to Jerusalem thirteen years before this time; but very probably returned to Babylon again, and was lately come from thence: to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel; to observe what was commanded in it, and which he had ordered to be read, particularly every seventh year, at the feast of tabernacles, (<053110>Deuteronomy 31:10,11) which was now drawing near, though this was not the precise time of reading it; hence some have thought this year was the sabbatical year; (see <160511>Nehemiah 5:11).

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