Nehemiah 8:5 KJV — MannaFest

Nehemiah 8:5

And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:

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ASV

And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people (for he was above all the people); and when he opened it, all the people stood up.

WEB

Ezra opened the book in full view of all the people, since he was standing above them all, and as he opened it, all the people stood up.

YLT

And Ezra openeth the book before the eyes of all the people--for above all the people he hath been--and at his opening it all the people have stood up,

DBT

And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people stood up.

About this book

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Nehemiah — The walls rebuilt in fifty-two days; the covenant renewed; the reforms enacted and then re-enacted when Nehemiah returns to find them slipping. A book about civic and spiritual reconstruction side by side.

Author: Nehemiah (chs. 1–7, 11–13 largely first-person memoir); Ezra-material probably compiled alongside
Date: Events 445–432 BC; final compilation late-5th century BC

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5 verses on the floor

Judges 3:20
And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.
1 Kings 8:14
And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)
Luke 4:16–17
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
Joshua 22:33
And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt.
2 Chronicles 6:3
And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Priests and Levites must be taught first and then teach. The people's ready obedience to the word, in one particular instance, as soon as they were made sensible of their duty therein. It is probable that Ezra, after the wisdom of his God that was in his hand ( Ezra vii.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

He brought it forth with a sense of the great mercy of God to them in giving them that book; he opened it with a sense of his mercy to them in giving them leave to read it, that it was not a spring shut up and a fountain sealed.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

), thereby showing respect both to Ezra and to the word he was about to read. It becomes servants to stand when their master speaks to them, in honour to their master and to show a readiness to do as they are bidden. [2.] With great fixedness and composedness.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

when he opened it, all the people stood up--This attitude they assumed either from respect to God's word, or, rather, because the reading was prefaced by a solemn prayer, which was concluded by a general expression of "Amen, Amen." 7, 8. caused the people to understand the law . . . gave the sense--Commentators are divided in opinion as to the import of this statement.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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