John Gill, on Neh 8:12

“So all the people went to eat and drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth: because they understood the words that he had taught them.”

“And all the people went their way to eat and to drink,.... Freely and cheerfully: and to send portions; to the poor, who had nothing to eat and drink: and to make great mirth; with music, vocal and instrumental: because they had understood the words that were declared unto them; the meaning of the several laws read and explained unto them, whereby they better understood their duty, and in what instances and in what manner it was to be performed; how much more reason is there for joy and gladness, when the Gospel, and the doctrines of it, are clearly known and understood? Psa 89:15.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.