Lux Domini
So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.

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Interpretation

Sacrifices were to be offered only at the door of the temple; but praying and preaching were, and are, services of religion, as acceptably performed in one place as in another. Masters of families should bring their families with them to the public worship of God.

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This thought runs through Nehemiah 8:6-8.