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Nehemiah 8:1-7

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
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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
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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
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before
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the congregation
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both of men
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and women
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and all that could hear
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with understanding
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upon the first
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day
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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
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that [was] before
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the water
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gate
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from the morning
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until midday
<04276> <03117>_,

before the men
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and the women
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and those that could understand
<0995> (8688)_;

and the ears
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of all the people
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[were attentive] unto the book
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of the law
<08451>_.

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

8:4

And Ezra
<05830>

the scribe
<05608> (8802)

stood
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upon a pulpit
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of wood
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which they had made
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for the purpose
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and beside
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him stood
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Mattithiah
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and Shema
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and Anaiah
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and Urijah
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and Hilkiah
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and Maaseiah
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on his right hand
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and on his left hand
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Pedaiah
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and Mishael
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and Malchiah
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and Hashum
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and Hashbadana
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Zechariah
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[and] Meshullam
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{pulpit...: Heb. tower of wood}

8:5

And Ezra
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opened
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the book
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in the sight
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of all the people
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(for he was above all the people
<05971>;)

and when he opened
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it, all the people
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stood up
<05975> (8804)_:

{sight: Heb. eyes}

8:6

And Ezra
<05830>

blessed
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the LORD
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the great
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God
<0430>_.

And all the people
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answered
<06030> (8799)_,

Amen
<0543>_,

with lifting up
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their hands
<03027>_:

and they bowed
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their heads, and worshipped
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the LORD
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with [their] faces
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to the ground
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8:7

Also Jeshua
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and Bani
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and Sherebiah
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Jamin
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Akkub
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Shabbethai
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Hodijah
<01941>_,

Maaseiah
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Kelita
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Azariah
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Jozabad
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Hanan
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Pelaiah
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and the Levites
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caused the people
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to understand
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the law
<08451>_:

and the people
<05971>

[stood] in their place
<05977>_.

Nehemiah 8:14-15

8:14

And they found
<04672> (8799)

written
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in the law
<08451>

which the LORD
<03068>

had commanded
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by
<03027>

Moses
<04872>_,

that the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

should dwell
<03427> (8799)

in booths
<05521>

in the feast
<02282>

of the seventh
<07637>

month
<02320>_:

{by: Heb. by the hand of}

8:15

And that they should publish
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and proclaim
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in all their cities
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and in Jerusalem
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saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Go forth
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unto the mount
<02022>_,

and fetch
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olive
<02132>

branches
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and pine
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branches
<06086> <05929>_,

and myrtle
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branches
<05929>_,

and palm
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branches
<05929>_,

and branches
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of thick
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trees
<06086>_,

to make
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booths
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as [it is] written
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Nehemiah 8:18

8:18

Also day
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by day
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from the first
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day
<03117>

unto the last
<0314>

day
<03117>_,

he read
<07121> (8799)

in the book
<05612>

of the law
<08451>

of God
<0430>_.

And they kept
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the feast
<02282>

seven
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days
<03117>_;

and on the eighth
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day
<03117>

[was] a solemn assembly
<06116>_,

according unto the manner
<04941>_.

{a solemn...: Heb. a restraint}