20Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
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Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.
Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him? …
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-38)We have here an account how the work of this fast-day was carried on. 1. The names of the ministers that were employed. They are twice named ( Neh. 9:4 , 5 ), only with some variation of the names. Either they prayed successively, according to that rule which the apostle gives (1 Cor. 14:31; You may all prophesy one by one ), or, as some think, there were eight several congregations at some distan…
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