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Episode: Weekly Torah Portion: Exodus 30:11-34:35, 1 Kings 18:1-39, 2 Cor 3:1-18
Description: Nehemiah 8:8
So they read in the book,.... Ezra and those with him; he first began to read and expound, and when weary they relieved him, and did the same:Â
in the law of God distinctly; which was the book they read in, and which they read plainly and intelligibly, so as to be heard and understood; this seems to respect the clear and distinct pronunciation of the words of it, and not the explanation or meaning of it, which is after expressed; some think the sense is, that they first read it in Hebrew, and then translated it into Chaldee, t...