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Nehemiah 8:2-8

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}
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}
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}
And Ezra
<05830>
opened
<06605> (8799)
the book
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in the sight
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of all the people
<05971>_;
(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
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{sight: Heb. eyes}
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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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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Also Jeshua
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and Bani
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and Sherebiah
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Jamin
<03226>_,
Akkub
<06126>_,
Shabbethai
<07678>_,
Hodijah
<01941>_,
Maaseiah
<04641>_,
Kelita
<07042>_,
Azariah
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Jozabad
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Hanan
<02605>_,
Pelaiah
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and the Levites
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caused the people
<05971>
to understand
<0995> (8688)
the law
<08451>_:
and the people
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[stood] in their place
<05977>_.
So they read
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in the book
<05612>
in the law
<08451>
of God
<0430>
distinctly
<06567> (8794)_,
and gave
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the sense
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and caused [them] to understand
<0995> (8799)
the reading
<04744>_.


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