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Nehemiah 8:2-18

8:2

And Ezra
<05830>

the priest
<03548>

brought
<0935> (8686)

the law
<08451>

before
<06440>

the congregation
<06951>

both of men
<0376>

and women
<0802>_,

and all that could hear
<08085> (8800)

with understanding
<0995> (8688)_,

upon the first
<0259>

day
<03117>

of the seventh
<07637>

month
<02320>_.

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

8:3

And he read
<07121> (8799)

therein before
<06440>

the street
<07339>

that [was] before
<06440>

the water
<04325>

gate
<08179>

from the morning
<0216>

until midday
<04276> <03117>_,

before the men
<0582>

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}

8:4

And Ezra
<05830>

the scribe
<05608> (8802)

stood
<05975> (8799)

upon a pulpit
<04026>

of wood
<06086>_,

which they had made
<06213> (8804)

for the purpose
<01697>_;

and beside
<0681>

him stood
<05975> (8799)

Mattithiah
<04993>_,

and Shema
<08087>_,

and Anaiah
<06043>_,

and Urijah
<0223>_,

and Hilkiah
<02518>_,

and Maaseiah
<04641>_,

on his right hand
<03225>_;

and on his left hand
<08040>_,

Pedaiah
<06305>_,

and Mishael
<04332>_,

and Malchiah
<04441>_,

and Hashum
<02828>_,

and Hashbadana
<02806>_,

Zechariah
<02148>_,

[and] Meshullam
<04918>_.

{pulpit...: Heb. tower of wood}

8:5

And Ezra
<05830>

opened
<06605> (8799)

the book
<05612>

in the sight
<05869>

of all the people
<05971>_;

(for he was above all the people
<05971>;)

and when he opened
<06605> (8800)

it, all the people
<05971>

stood up
<05975> (8804)_:

{sight: Heb. eyes}

8:6

And Ezra
<05830>

blessed
<01288> (8762)

the LORD
<03068>_,

the great
<01419>

God
<0430>_.

And all the people
<05971>

answered
<06030> (8799)_,

Amen
<0543>_,

with lifting up
<04607>

their hands
<03027>_:

and they bowed
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their heads, and worshipped
<07812> (8691)

the LORD
<03068>

with [their] faces
<0639>

to the ground
<0776>_.

8:7

Also Jeshua
<03442>_,

and Bani
<01137>_,

and Sherebiah
<08274>_,

Jamin
<03226>_,

Akkub
<06126>_,

Shabbethai
<07678>_,

Hodijah
<01941>_,

Maaseiah
<04641>_,

Kelita
<07042>_,

Azariah
<05838>_,

Jozabad
<03107>_,

Hanan
<02605>_,

Pelaiah
<06411>_,

and the Levites
<03881>_,

caused the people
<05971>

to understand
<0995> (8688)

the law
<08451>_:

and the people
<05971>

[stood] in their place
<05977>_.

8:8

So they read
<07121> (8799)

in the book
<05612>

in the law
<08451>

of God
<0430>

distinctly
<06567> (8794)_,

and gave
<07760> (8800)

the sense
<07922>_,

and caused [them] to understand
<0995> (8799)

the reading
<04744>_.

8:9

And Nehemiah
<05166>_,

which [is] the Tirshatha
<08660>_,

and Ezra
<05830>

the priest
<03548>

the scribe
<05608> (8802)_,

and the Levites
<03881>

that taught
<0995> (8688)

the people
<05971>_,

said
<0559> (8799)

unto all the people
<05971>_,

This day
<03117>

[is] holy
<06918>

unto the LORD
<03068>

your God
<0430>_;

mourn
<056> (8691)

not, nor weep
<01058> (8799)_.

For all the people
<05971>

wept
<01058> (8802)_,

when they heard
<08085> (8800)

the words
<01697>

of the law
<08451>_.

{the Tirshatha: or, the governor}

8:10

Then he said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, Go your way
<03212> (8798)_,

eat
<0398> (8798)

the fat
<04924>_,

and drink
<08354> (8798)

the sweet
<04477>_,

and send
<07971> (8798)

portions
<04490>

unto them for whom nothing is prepared
<03559> (8737)_:

for [this] day
<03117>

[is] holy
<06918>

unto our Lord
<0113>_:

neither be ye sorry
<06087> (8735)_;

for the joy
<02304>

of the LORD
<03068>

is your strength
<04581>_.

8:11

So the Levites
<03881>

stilled
<02814> (8688)

all the people
<05971>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Hold your peace
<02013> (8761)_,

for the day
<03117>

[is] holy
<06918>_;

neither be ye grieved
<06087> (8735)_.

8:12

And all the people
<05971>

went their way
<03212> (8799)

to eat
<0398> (8800)_,

and to drink
<08354> (8800)_,

and to send
<07971> (8763)

portions
<04490>_,

and to make
<06213> (8800)

great
<01419>

mirth
<08057>_,

because they had understood
<0995> (8689)

the words
<01697>

that were declared
<03045> (8689)

unto them.

8:13

And on the second
<08145>

day
<03117>

were gathered together
<0622> (8738)

the chief
<07218>

of the fathers
<01>

of all the people
<05971>_,

the priests
<03548>_,

and the Levites
<03881>_,

unto Ezra
<05830>

the scribe
<05608> (8802)_,

even to understand
<07919> (8687)

the words
<01697>

of the law
<08451>_.

{to understand...: or, that they might instruct in the words of the law}

8:14

And they found
<04672> (8799)

written
<03789> (8803)

in the law
<08451>

which the LORD
<03068>

had commanded
<06680> (8765)

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
<08085> (8686)

and proclaim
<05674> (8686) <06963>

in all their cities
<05892>_,

and in Jerusalem
<03389>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Go forth
<03318> (8798)

unto the mount
<02022>_,

and fetch
<0935> (8685)

olive
<02132>

branches
<05929>_,

and pine
<08081>

branches
<06086> <05929>_,

and myrtle
<01918>

branches
<05929>_,

and palm
<08558>

branches
<05929>_,

and branches
<05929>

of thick
<05687>

trees
<06086>_,

to make
<06213> (8800)

booths
<05521>_,

as [it is] written
<03789> (8803)_.

8:16

So the people
<05971>

went forth
<03318> (8799)_,

and brought
<0935> (8686)

[them], and made
<06213> (8799)

themselves booths
<05521>_,

every one
<0376>

upon the roof of his house
<01406>_,

and in their courts
<02691>_,

and in the courts
<02691>

of the house
<01004>

of God
<0430>_,

and in the street
<07339>

of the water
<04325>

gate
<08179>_,

and in the street
<07339>

of the gate
<08179>

of Ephraim
<0669>_.

8:17

And all the congregation
<06951>

of them that were come again
<07725> (8802)

out of the captivity
<07628>

made
<06213> (8799)

booths
<05521>_,

and sat
<03427> (8799)

under the booths
<05521>_:

for since the days
<03117>

of Jeshua
<03442>

the son
<01121>

of Nun
<05126>

unto that day
<03117>

had not the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

done so
<06213> (8804)_.

And there was very
<03966>

great
<01419>

gladness
<08057>_.

8:18

Also day
<03117>

by day
<03117>_,

from the first
<07223>

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
<06213> (8799)

the feast
<02282>

seven
<07651>

days
<03117>_;

and on the eighth
<08066>

day
<03117>

[was] a solemn assembly
<06116>_,

according unto the manner
<04941>_.

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