Nehemiah 8:8 - Scripture Study Tools and Resources

Nehemiah 8:8

8 So they read in the book in the ^alaw of God ^bdistinctly, and ^cgave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.

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b Jacob 4:13 (13-14)

13 Behold, my brethren, he that prophesieth, let him prophesy to the understanding of men; for the Spirit speaketh the truth and lieth not. Wherefore, it speaketh of things as they really are, and of things as they really will be; wherefore, these things are manifested unto us ^dplainly, for the salvation of our souls. But behold, we are not witnesses alone in these things; for God also spake them unto prophets of old.

c OR expanded the meaning. It is held by some that the explanation was in Aramaic; thus the first translating (Targum) of the scriptures occurred

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god		1
distinctly		1
gave		1
sense		1
caused		1
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