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Nehemiah 8

Ezra Reads the Law

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And allh3605 the peopleh5971a gatheredh622 as oneh259 manh376 at the squareh7339 whichh834 was in fronth6440 of  athe Waterh4325 Gateh8179, and they  1askedh559  bEzrah5830 the scribeh5613b to bringh935  cthe bookh5612 of the lawh8451 of Mosesh4872 whichh834 the LORDh3068 had  2givenh6680 to Israelh3478.

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Then  aEzrah5830 the priesth3548 broughth935 the lawh8451 beforeh6440 the assemblyh6951 of menh376, womenh802 and allh3605 who could listenh8085 with understandingh995, on  bthe firsth259 dayh3117 of the seventhh7637 monthh2320.

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He readh7121 from it beforeh6440 the squareh7339 whichh834 was in fronth6440 of  athe Waterh4325 Gateh8179 from  1earlyh216 morningh216 untilh5704 middayh4276h3117, in the presenceh5048 of menh376 and womenh802, those who could understandh995; and allh3605 the peopleh5971a were attentiveh241 to the bookh5612 of the lawh8451.

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Ezrah5830 the scribeh5613b stoodh5975 at a woodenh6086 podiumh4026 whichh834 they had madeh6213a for the purposeh1697. And besideh681a him stoodh5975 Mattithiahh4993, Shemah8087b, Anaiahh6043, Uriahh223a, Hilkiahh2518, and Maaseiahh4641 on his righth3225 handh3225; and Pedaiahh6305, Mishaelh4332, Malchijahh4441, Hashumh2828, Hashbaddanahh2806, Zechariahh2148a and Meshullamh4918 on his lefth8040 handh8040.

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Ezrah5830 openedh6605a  athe bookh5612 in the sighth5869 of allh3605 the peopleh5971a for he was standing aboveh4480h5921 allh3605 the peopleh5971a; and when he openedh6605a it, allh3605 the peopleh5971a  bstoodh5975 up.

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Then Ezrah5830 blessedh1288 the LORDh3068 the greath1419 Godh430. And allh3605 the peopleh5971a answeredh6030a, " aAmenh543, Amenh543!" while liftingh4607 up their handsh3027; then  bthey bowedh6915 lowh6915 and worshipedh7812 the LORDh3068 with their facesh639 to the groundh776.

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Also Jeshuah3091, Banih1137, Sherebiahh8274, Jaminh3226, Akkubh6126, Shabbethaih7678, Hodiahh1941, Maaseiahh4641, Kelitah7042, Azariahh5838, Jozabadh3107, Hananh2605, Pelaiahh6384b, the Levitesh3881, explainedh995 the lawh8451 to the peopleh5971a while the peopleh5971a remained in their placeh5977.

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They readh7121 from the bookh5612, from the lawh8451 of Godh430,  1translatingh6567a to giveh7760 the senseh7922 so that they understoodh995 the readingh4744.

"This Day Is Holy"

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Then Nehemiahh5166, whoh1931 was the  1 agovernorh8660, and Ezrah5830  bthe priesth3548 and scribeh5613b, and the Levitesh3881 who taughth995 the peopleh5971a saidh559 to allh3605 the peopleh5971a, " cThish1931 dayh3117 is holyh6918 to the LORDh3068 your Godh430;  ddo not mournh56 or weeph1058." For allh3605 the peopleh5971a were weepingh1058 when they heardh8085 the wordsh1697 of the lawh8451.

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Then he saidh559 to them, "Goh1980, eath398 of the fath4924b, drinkh8354 of the sweeth4477, and  asendh7971 portionsh4490 to him who has nothingh369 preparedh3559; for this dayh3117 is holyh6918 to our Lordh136. Do not be grievedh6087a, for the joyh2304 of the LORDh3068 is your strengthh4581."

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So the Levitesh3881 calmedh2814 allh3605 the peopleh5971a, sayingh559, "Be stillh2013, for the dayh3117 is holyh6918; do not be grievedh6087a."

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Allh3605 the peopleh5971a wenth1980 away to eath398, to drinkh8354,  ato sendh7971 portionsh4490 and to  1celebrateh6213a a greath1419 festivalh8057,  bbecauseh3588 they understoodh995 the wordsh1697 whichh834 had been madeh3045 knownh3045 to them.

Feast of Booths Restored

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Then on the secondh8145 dayh3117 the headsh7218 of fathers'h1 households of allh3605 the peopleh5971a, the priestsh3548 and the Levitesh3881 were gatheredh622 to Ezrah5830 the scribeh5613b that they might gainh7919a insighth7919a into the wordsh1697 of the lawh8451.

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They foundh4672 writtenh3789 in the lawh8451 howh834 the LORDh3068 had commandedh6680 throughh3027 Mosesh4872 that the sonsh1121 of Israelh3478  ashould liveh3427 in boothsh5521 during the feasth2282 of the seventhh7637 monthh2320.

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 1 aSo they proclaimedh8085 and circulatedh5674a a proclamationh6963 in allh3605 their citiesh5892b and  bin Jerusalemh3389, sayingh559, " cGoh3318 out to the hillsh2022, and bringh935 oliveh2132 branchesh5929 and  2wildh6086h8081 oliveh8081 branchesh5929, myrtleh1918 branchesh5929, palmh8558 branchesh5929 and branchesh5929 of other leafyh5687 treesh6086, to makeh6213a boothsh5521, as it is writtenh3789."

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So the peopleh5971a wenth3318 out and broughth935 them and madeh6213a boothsh5521 for themselves, eachh376  aon his roofh1406, and in their courtsh2691a and in the courtsh2691a of the househ1004 of Godh430, and in the squareh7339 at  bthe Waterh4325 Gateh8179 and in the squareh7339 at  cthe Gateh8179 of Ephraimh669.

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The entireh3605 assemblyh6951 of those who had returnedh7725 from the captivityh7628b madeh6213a boothsh5521 and livedh3427 in  1them. The sonsh1121 of Israelh3478  ahad indeedh3588 not doneh6213a soh3651 from the daysh3117 of Joshuah3091 the sonh1121 of Nunh5126 to that dayh3117. And  bthere was greath1419 rejoicingh8057.

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 aHe readh7121 from the bookh5612 of the lawh8451 of Godh430 dailyh3117, from the firsth7223 dayh3117 to the lasth314 dayh3117. And they  bcelebratedh6213a the feasth2282 sevenh7651 daysh3117, and on  cthe eighthh8066 dayh3117 there was a solemnh6116 assemblyh6116 according to the ordinanceh4941.



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