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Nehemiah 9:15 KJV
Nehemiah · chapter 9 · verse 15
And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.Nehemiah 9:15 · King James Version
Nehemiah 9:15 in context
13Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:
14And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
15And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.
16But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
17And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- promisedstʼâmarto sayH559 →
- possessyârashto occupyH3423 →
- gavestnâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- heavenshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
- hungerrâʻâbhungerH7458 →
- thirsttsâmâʼthirstH6772 →
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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, Neh 9:5), only with some variation of the names.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-38