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Nehemiah 8:1-9

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

8:4

And Ezra
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the scribe
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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
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and when he opened
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it, all the people
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stood up
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{sight: Heb. eyes}

8:6

And Ezra
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blessed
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the LORD
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the great
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God
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And all the people
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answered
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Amen
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with lifting up
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their hands
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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
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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
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and the people
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[stood] in their place
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8:8

So they read
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in the book
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in the law
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of God
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distinctly
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and gave
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the sense
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and caused [them] to understand
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the reading
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8:9

And Nehemiah
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which [is] the Tirshatha
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and Ezra
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the priest
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the scribe
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and the Levites
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that taught
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the people
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said
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unto all the people
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This day
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[is] holy
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unto the LORD
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your God
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mourn
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not, nor weep
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For all the people
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wept
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when they heard
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the words
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of the law
<08451>_.

{the Tirshatha: or, the governor}