What Does Nehemiah 13:1 Mean?

“On that day”

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

“they read”

to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

“in the book”

properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book

“of Moses”

mosheh, the israelite lawgiver

“in the audience”

broadness. i.e., (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)

“of the people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

“and therein was found”

properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present

“written”

to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“should not come”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

“that the Ammonite”

an ammonite or (the adjective) ammonitish

“and the Moabite”

a moabite or moabitess, i.e., a descendant from moab

“into the congregation”

assemblage (usually concretely)

“of God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

“for”

as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

“ever”

properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial