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Nehemiah 9:3

The Pulpit Commentary on Nehemiah 9:3

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

In their place. See above, . The people and the ministers had their appointed "places"in every gathering of a religious character. The former now "stood up" in their proper place, and read, i.

e. "engaged in the reading of the law, not, however, as actual readers, but as listeners. The readers would be the Levites (see , ). One fourth part of the day. The day and the night were alike divided by the Jews into four parts, each of three hours duration.

The nocturnal divisions are frequently alluded to in the New Testament (; , etc.). Worshipped. Literally, "bowed themselves down," or "prostrated themselves."

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