They Musiced Distinctly---part
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So, when
one applies current scholarship that all OT Scripture was musically notated
with the te’amim above and below the text to our Western understanding of this
passage in the eighth chapter of Nehemiah, one can deduce that it probably was
the intoning of the Scripture that “caused the people to understand the law”.
The AV
clearly states that “they read in the book in the law of God distinctly”. This distinctness no doubt was made possible
by the Levite musicians singing this portion of the OT Law. Once again the Bible has left us principles of
musicing that are still valuable to Christians in this century. One of the principles that we should gather
from this Bible lesson is that singing
Scripture texts and song texts that are biblical will add specificity and
spiritual understanding to our church music.
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