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Nehemiah 8:10

The Pulpit Commentary on Nehemiah 8:10

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

Then he said. Either Ezra or Nehemiah, but probably the former, to whom it appertained to give religious directions. Eat the fat and drink the sweet. i.e. "Go and enjoy yourselves, eat and drink of the best—let there be no fasting, nor even abstinence, on such a day as this."

But at the same time send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared. Make the poor partakers of your joy. "The stranger, the fatherless, and the widow" should have their part in the feast ().

And for yourselves, remember that the joy of the Lord, i.e. religious joy, constitutes your strength.

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