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Selected Verse: Deuteronomy 31:12 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| De 31:12 |
Strong Concordance |
Gather [06950] the people [05971] together [06950], men [0582], and women [0802], and children [02945], and thy stranger [01616] that is within thy gates [08179], that they may hear [08085], and that they may learn [03925], and fear [03372] the LORD [03068] your God [0430], and observe [08104] to do [06213] all the words [01697] of this law [08451]: |
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King James |
Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
fear
(See Scofield) - (Psa 19:9). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Together - Not in one place. But into divers assemblies or synagogues. Women who hereby are required to go to Jerusalem at this solemnity, as they were permitted to do in other solemnities. Children - Such of them as could understand, as appears from Neh 8:2-3, the pious Jews doubtless read it daily in their houses, and Moses of old time was read in the synagogues every sabbath day. But once in seven years, the law was thus to be read in public, to magnify it and make it honourable. |
9 The fear [03374] of the LORD [03068] is clean [02889], enduring [05975] for ever [05703]: the judgments [04941] of the LORD [03068] are true [0571] and righteous [06663] altogether [03162].
2 And Ezra [05830] the priest [03548] brought [0935] the law [08451] before [06440] the congregation [06951] both of men [0376] and women [0802], and all that could hear [08085] with understanding [0995], upon the first [0259] day [03117] of the seventh [07637] month [02320].
3 And he read [07121] therein before [06440] the street [07339] that was before [06440] the water [04325] gate [08179] from the morning [0216] until midday [04276] [03117], before the men [0582] and the women [0802], and those that could understand [0995]; and the ears [0241] of all the people [05971] were attentive unto the book [05612] of the law [08451].