...in their cities ; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities. And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate ; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD...

...Christendom. " Nehemiah has told us," says Matthew Arnold, " how at Jerusalem, after the restoration, ' the people gathered themselves together as one man...Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses ; and Ezra the priest brought the law, and he read therein from the morning until midday, before the...

...the year of release," in which the law was to be read before all the people, it well deserved 1 And ' all the people gathered themselves together as one...man into the. street that was before the watergate ; 2 and they spake unto Ezra the scribe 8 to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had...

...Feast of Tabernacles. The Feast kept by the people. The Book of the Law read to all— (v. I) " And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate ; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord...

...transgressed in this thing."2 His public reading of the Scripture is graphically described : " And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate ; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord...

...verse xxix. The only name which occurs twice is that of Elam. CHAPTER VIII. What took place when " the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water-gate " ?—Verses i.-iii. What feast was observed on the first day of the seventh month ?—Answer : The...

...in their cities ; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities. And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate ; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord...

...Spirit, " He shall testify of ME,"(John xv. 26.) JHB HOW TO STUDY THE BIBLE. BY DL MOODY. •• And all the people gathered themselves together as one...that was before the water-gate ; and they spake unto Exra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel. And...

...as the moon, and terrible as an army with banners." THE READING OF THE LAW. NEHEMIAH vm, 1-8. " And all the people gathered themselves together as one...man into the street that was before the water-gate" etc. THE scene opens upon the dawn of a national holiday It had been eagerly anticipated. Probably,...

...words, in which the various names by which this book was called may be included. The people spake to " Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses, . . . and he brought the Law . . . and read therein, . . . and the ears of all the people were attentive...