Passage Research
Nehemiah 8 — Sermon Preparation
Ezra reads the Book of the Law before all the people at the Water Gate; the Levites explain it, and the people celebrate the Feast of Booths. Below is a research summary for Nehemiah 8, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 18
- verses
- 357 / 154
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 10
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Nehemiah 8 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עַם | ʻam | H5971 | 15 | people, tribe |
| עֶזְרָא | ʻEzrâʼ | H5830 | 7 | Ezra |
| תּוֹרָה | tôwrâh | H8451 | 9 | precept, statute |
| עָלֶה | ʻâleh | H5929 | 5 | leaf, foliage |
| סֻכָּה | çukkâh | H5521 | 5 | hut, lair |
| בִּין | bîyn | H995 | 6 | separate, distinguish |
| סֵפֶר | çêpher | H5612 | 5 | writing, book |
How preachers through history handled this text
10 public-domain excerpts on Nehemiah 8, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“They found written in the law about the feast of tabernacles. Those who diligently search the Scriptures, find things written there which they have forgotten. This feast of tabernacles was a representation of the believer's tabernacle state in this world, and a type of the holy joy of the gospel church. The conversion of the nations to the faith of Christ, is foretold under the figure of this feast, Zec 14:16. True religion will render us strangers and pilgrims upon earth. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Nehemiah 8:13–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Water Gate— Neh 8:1
- Jerusalem— Neh 8:15
- Ephraim Gate— Neh 8:16
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