1And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ezra 7:62 Chr 34:15Neh 3:26Matt 13:52Ezra 3:1-13Ezra 7:11Isa 8:20Jer 8:8-9Judg 20:1Judg 20:8
2And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Lev 23:24Mal 2:7Num 29:1Acts 15:21Deut 17:18Deut 31:9-13Isa 28:92 Chr 17:7-9
3And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Rev 3:22Heb 2:1-3Luke 4:16-20Rev 2:291 Thess 2:13Acts 13:15Acts 13:27Acts 15:21Acts 16:14Acts 17:11
4And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ezra 10:29Ezra 10:33Neh 10:18Neh 10:20Neh 10:25Neh 10:3Neh 10:7Neh 11:5Neh 11:7Neh 12:13
5And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up: Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Judg 3:201 Kgs 8:14Luke 4:16-17
6And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Tim 2:8Lam 3:41Exod 4:312 Chr 20:18Rev 7:11Gen 24:26Neh 5:13Ps 134:21 Chr 29:20Exod 12:27
7Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Neh 9:4Lev 10:11Ezra 10:22-23Neh 3:23Mal 2:72 Chr 17:7-92 Chr 30:22Deut 33:10Ezra 8:18Neh 10:12-13
8So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Luke 24:45Acts 28:23Acts 17:2-3Acts 8:30-35Hab 2:2Luke 24:27Luke 24:32Matt 5:21-22Matt 5:27-28
9And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the Lord your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Deut 12:12Neh 7:65Neh 7:70Deut 16:11Neh 8:2Deut 12:7Deut 16:14-15Eccl 3:4Ezra 2:63Isa 61:3
10Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ps 28:7-8Prov 17:222 Cor 12:8-9Eccl 9:7Isa 12:1-3Isa 61:10Ps 149:2Esth 9:192 Cor 8:2Esth 9:22
11So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Num 13:30
12And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ps 119:174Luke 24:32Neh 8:7-8Ps 119:103-104Ps 119:111Ps 119:127Ps 119:130Ps 119:171Ps 119:72Ps 119:97
13And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Prov 12:1Prov 2:1-6Prov 8:33-342 Chr 30:232 Tim 2:24-25Acts 13:42Acts 4:1Luke 19:47-48Luke 24:32Mark 6:33-34
14And they found written in the law which the Lord had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month: Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Lev 23:34Deut 16:13-15Lev 23:40-43Zech 14:16-19Gen 33:17John 7:2
15And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Lev 23:40Deut 16:16Lev 23:4Gen 8:11Judg 9:48-49Matt 21:1John 12:13Rev 7:9
16So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Kgs 14:13Neh 12:39Neh 12:37Neh 3:26Jer 32:29Neh 8:32 Chr 20:52 Chr 33:52 Sam 11:2Deut 22:8
17And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Chr 8:132 Chr 7:8-10Ezra 3:41 Chr 29:222 Chr 30:21-232 Chr 30:262 Chr 35:18Heb 11:13Heb 11:9Heb 4:8
18Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Lev 23:36Num 29:35Deut 31:10-13John 7:37