Nehemiah 8:6
And Ezra blessed Yahweh the great God,—and all the people responded, Amen! Amen! with the lifting up of their hands,—and they bent their heads and bowed themselves down unto Yahweh, with their faces to the ground.
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Genesis 24:26Then the man bowed his head, and bent himself down unto Yahweh;
Exodus 12:27Then shall ye say—A passover sacrifice, it is to Yahweh, who passed-over the houses of the sons of Israel, in Egypt, when he plagued the Egyptians but our houses, he delivered. Then did the people bend their heads and bow themselves down.
1 Chronicles 29:10Therefore did David bless Yahweh in the eyes of all the convocation,—and David said, Blessed art thou, O Yahweh, the God of Israel our father, from age even unto age.
2 Chronicles 6:4and he said, Blessed be Yahweh, God of Israel, who spake with his mouth, unto David my father,-and, with his hand, hath fulfilled, saying:
2 Chronicles 29:10Now, is it near my heart, to solemnise a covenant unto Yahweh, God of Israel,—that he may turn from him the glow of his anger.
Nehemiah 5:13Also, my lap, shook I out, and said—Thus and thus, may God shake out every man who shall not confirm this promise, out of his house and out of his labour, yea, thus and thus, let him be shaken out and empty,—And all the convocation said, Amen! and praised Yahweh, and the people did according to this promise.
Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 8:2-9
The Explanation of the Law. ( b. c. 444.) 1 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel. 2 And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. 3 And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the… Read the whole commentary →