SEV Biblia, Chapter 8:11
Los levitas, pues, hacían callar a todo el pueblo, diciendo: Callad, que es día santo, y no os entristezcáis.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 11. So the Levites stilled all the people , etc.] Made them quiet and easy, being backed by the governor: saying, hold your peace ; refrain from weeping and mourning: for the day is holy ; a festival, set apart for joy and gladness: neither be ye grieved ; inwardly; as they were not to show any signs of sorrow outwardly, so they were not to cherish grief inwardly.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 9-12 - It was a good sign that their hearts were tender, when they heard the words of the law. The people were to send portions to those for who nothing was prepared. It is the duty of a religious feast, as well a of a religious fast, to draw out the soul to the hungry; God's bount should make us bountiful. We must not only give to those that offe themselves, but send to those out of sight. Their strength consisted i joy in the Lord. The better we understand God's word, the more comfor we find in it; the darkness of trouble arises from the darkness of ignorance.
Original Hebrew
והלוים 3881 מחשׁים 2814 לכל 3605 העם 5971 לאמר 559 הסו 2013 כי 3588 היום 3117 קדשׁ 6918 ואל 408 תעצבו׃ 6087
