نِحِميا 8:10

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10 پس‌ به‌ ایشان‌ گفت‌: «بروید و خوراكهای‌ لطیف‌ بخورید و شربتها بنوشید و نزد هر كه‌چیزی‌ برای‌ او مهیا نیست‌ حصّه‌ها بفرستید، زیرا كه‌ امروز، برای‌ خداوند ما روز مقدّس‌ است‌؛ پس‌ محزون‌ نباشید زیرا كه‌ سُرور خداوند ، قوّت‌ شما است‌.»

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Go your way: Ecclesiastes 2:24, Ecclesiastes 3:13, Ecclesiastes 5:18, Ecclesiastes 9:7, 1 Timothy 6:17, 1 Timothy 6:18

eat: Song of Solomon 5:1

send: Deuteronomy 26:11-13, Esther 9:19, Esther 9:22, Job 31:16-18, Ecclesiastes 11:2, Luke 11:41, Revelation 11:10

the joy: Psalms 28:7, Psalms 28:8, Psalms 149:2, Proverbs 17:22, Isaiah 6:7, Isaiah 6:8, Isaiah 12:1-3, Isaiah 35:1-4, Isaiah 61:10, Joel 2:23, 2 Corinthians 8:2, 2 Corinthians 12:8, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Philippians 3:4

Reciprocal: Leviticus 3:17 - eat neither Deuteronomy 12:12 - And ye Deuteronomy 15:14 - the Lord Deuteronomy 27:7 - rejoice 1 Samuel 25:8 - a good day 2 Samuel 6:19 - he dealt 1 Kings 8:66 - joyful 1 Chronicles 16:3 - to every one 2 Chronicles 7:10 - glad 2 Chronicles 30:21 - great gladness Ezra 6:16 - with joy Nehemiah 8:12 - to send Esther 8:17 - a feast Job 29:13 - I caused Job 31:17 - have Psalms 30:11 - girded Psalms 118:24 - we will Isaiah 40:1 - comfort Zechariah 14:21 - every Luke 14:13 - call John 6:12 - that nothing John 17:13 - that Acts 2:46 - did Philippians 3:1 - rejoice Philippians 4:7 - shall

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then he said unto them,.... Nehemiah the Tirshatha or governor:

go your way; to their own houses, and refresh themselves; it being noon, and they had stood many hours attentive to the reading and expounding of the law:

eat the fat, and drink the sweet: not a common meal, but a feast, consisting of the richest provisions, the best of food and liquors

and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared; for the poor, who had no food at home provided for them; the widow, fatherless, and stranger, who at festivals were to partake of the entertainment,

Deuteronomy 16:11

for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be you sorry; confirming what the Levites had said and exhorted to, Nehemiah 8:9

for the joy of the Lord is your strength; to rejoice, as the Lord commanded them on such days as these, was a means both of increasing their bodily strength and their inward strength, and of fitting them the more to perform their duty to God and men with cheerfulness, which sorrow and heaviness made unfit for; and the joy which has the Lord for its object, and comes from him, is the cause of renewing spiritual strength, so as to run and not be weary, walk and not faint, in the ways of God.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The “sending of portions” to the poor is not distinctly mentioned in any but the later historical Scriptures (compare the margin reference). The practice naturally grew out of this injunction of the Law Deuteronomy 16:11, Deuteronomy 16:14.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Nehemiah 8:10. Eat the fat, and drink the sweet — Eat and drink the best that you have; and while ye are feeding yourselves in the fear of the Lord, remember those who cannot feast; and send portions to them, that the joy and the thanksgiving may be general. Let the poor have reason to rejoice as well as you.

For the joy of the Lord is your strength. — This is no gluttonous and drunken festival that enervates the body, and enfeebles the mind: from your religious feast your bodies will acquire strength and your minds power and fervour, so that you shall be able to DO HIS will, and to do it cheerfully. Religious joy, properly tempered with continual dependence on the help of God, meekness of mind, and self-diffidence, is a powerful means of strengthening the soul. In such a state every duty is practicable, and every duty delightful. In such a frame of mind no man an ever fell, and in such a state of mind the general health of the body is much improved; a cheerful heart is not only a continual feast, but also a continual medicine.