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By analyzing the elements of narrative and the historical background of Ezra and Nehemiah, Israel Loken explains how and why God’s people rebuilt Jerusalem and changed their way of worship. Loken examines the views of other scholars before drawing persuasive conclusions about what convinced God’s people to follow Him, once again, with their entire beings. Loken then tells us what the characters...

8:9 As the meaning of the text was given to them, the listeners began to weep.39 Evidently, the nation realized the degree to which it had failed to keep the commands of the Lord (cf. 2 Chr 34:27). When Nehemiah, Ezra, and the Levites saw the remnant’s response, they exclaimed, “This day is holy to Yahweh, your God; do not mourn and do not weep!” This is the first of three times in this passage that the day is described as holy (8:8, 9, 10; cf. Lev 23:24; Num 29:1). The reading of the Law was not
Nehemiah 8:9
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