Nehemiah 8:1-3

8:1

And all the people
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gathered themselves together
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as one
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man
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into the street
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that [was] before
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the water
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gate
<08179>_;

and they spake
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unto Ezra
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the scribe
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to bring
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the book
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of the law
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of Moses
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which the LORD
<03068>

had commanded
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to Israel
<03478>_.

8:2

And Ezra
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the priest
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brought
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the law
<08451>

before
<06440>

the congregation
<06951>

both of men
<0376>

and women
<0802>_,

and all that could hear
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with understanding
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upon the first
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day
<03117>

of the seventh
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month
<02320>_.

{that...: Heb. that understood in hearing}

8:3

And he read
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therein before
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the street
<07339>

that [was] before
<06440>

the water
<04325>

gate
<08179>

from the morning
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until midday
<04276> <03117>_,

before the men
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and the women
<0802>_,

and those that could understand
<0995> (8688)_;

and the ears
<0241>

of all the people
<05971>

[were attentive] unto the book
<05612>

of the law
<08451>_.

{from...: Heb. from the light}