13And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. …
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; …
And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him, …
And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-18)We have here, I. The people’s renewed attendance upon the word. They had spent the greatest part of one day in praying and hearing, and yet were so far from being weary of that new moon and sabbath that the next day after, though it was no festival, the chief of them came together again to hear Ezra expound (Neh. 8:13), which they found more delightful and gainful than any worldly pleasure or prof…
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