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 had commanded to Israel.
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Gill's Exposition
And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the watergate,.... A large and commodious street for such a company of people, which led to the water gate,…
Barnes' Notes
The street - Rather, “the square” or “court.” So in Neh 8:16 (compare Ezr 10:9). The court seems to have been one between the eastern gate of the temple and the watergate in the city-wall. It would…
Adam Clarke
The street that was before the water gate - The gate which led from the temple to the brook Kidron.
We have here an account of a solemn religious assembly, and the good work that was done in that assembly, to the honour of God and the edification of the church.
I. The time of it was the first day of…
Neh 7:73 b; 8:12. The Reading of the Law
This verse begins a new section in the work. The style alters. The use of the first pers. sing. is resumed in Neh 12:31. The Compiler has recourse to other…
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