What lessons or interests are there in Nehemiah chapter 8 verse 8?

Answer 1

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Rarely can a single verse be read in isolation, if we want to understand its meaning. Nehemiah 8:8 says that they read from the book of law and caused them to understand the reading. This 'book of the law' is mentioned in verse 8:1 and is probably either Deuteronomy or Leviticus.

It has long been noted that the people of Jerusalem supposedly already knew the law of The Bible and understood the book, yet it was necessary for Ezra to stand up and read the book, explaining and interpreting it as he went. This passage tells us that what Ezra was reading to the people was news to them. So much of the Bible had been written during the Babylonian Exile, and those who had remained behind knew nothing of this. Not even all the Jews in exile appear to have been aware of the material that Ezra read to them.