ASV_Strong : Nehemiah 8
1. And all the people[H5971] gathered themselves together[H622] as one[H259] man[H376] into the broad[H7339] place that was before[H6440] the water[H4325] gate[H8179]; and they spake[H559] unto Ezra[H5830] the scribe[H5608] to bring[H935] the book[H5612] of the law[H8451] of Moses[H4872], which Jehovah[H3068] had commanded[H6680] to Israel[H3478].
2. And Ezra[H5830] the priest[H3548] brought[H935] the law[H8451] before[H6440] the assembly[H6951], both men[H376] and women[H802], and all that could hear[H8085] with understanding[H995], upon the first[H259] day[H3117] of the seventh[H7637] month[H2320].
3. And he read[H7121] therein before[H6440] the broad[H7339] place that was before[H6440] the water[H4325] gate[H8179] from early morning[H216] until midday[H4276], in the presence of the men[H582] and the women[H802], and of those that could understand[H995]; and the ears[H241] of all the people[H5971] were attentive unto the book[H5612] of the law[H8451].
4. And Ezra[H5830] the scribe[H5608] stood[H5975] upon a pulpit[H4026] of wood[H6086], which they had made[H6213] for the purpose[H1697]; and beside[H681] him stood[H5975] Mattithiah[H4993], and Shema[H8087], and Anaiah[H6043], and Uriah[H223], and Hilkiah[H2518], and Maaseiah[H4641], on his right hand[H3225]; and on his left hand[H8040], Pedaiah[H6305], and Mishael[H4332], and Malchijah[H4441], and Hashum[H2828], and Hashbaddanah[H2806], Zechariah[H2148], and Meshullam[H4918].
5. And Ezra[H5830] opened[H6605] the book[H5612] in the sight[H5869] of all the people[H5971]; (for he was above all the people[H5971]😉 and when he opened[H6605] it[H5971], all the people stood up[H5975]:
6. and Ezra[H5830] blessed[H1288] Jehovah[H3068], the great[H1419] God[H430]. And all the people[H5971] answered[H6030], Amen[H543], Amen[H543], with the lifting up[H4607] of their hands[H3027]: and they bowed[H6915] their heads[H7812], and worshipped Jehovah[H3068] with their faces[H639] to the ground[H776].
7. Also Jeshua[H3442], and Bani[H1137], and Sherebiah[H8274], Jamin[H3226], Akkub[H6126], Shabbethai[H7678], Hodiah[H1941], Maaseiah[H4641], Kelita[H7042], Azariah[H5838], Jozabad[H3107], Hanan[H2605], Pelaiah[H6411], and the Levites[H3881], caused the people[H5971] to understand[H995] the law[H8451]: and the people[H5971] stood in their place[H5977].
8. And they read[H7121] in the book[H5612], in the law[H8451] of God[H430], distinctly[H6567]; and they gave[H7760] the sense[H7922], so that they understood[H995] the reading[H4744].
9. And Nehemiah[H5166], who was the governor[H8660], and Ezra[H5830] the priest[H3548] the scribe[H5608], and the Levites[H3881] that taught[H995] the people[H5971], said[H559] unto all the people[H5971], This day[H3117] is holy[H6918] unto Jehovah[H3068] your God[H430]; mourn[H56] not[H1058], nor weep. For all the people[H5971] wept[H1058], when they heard[H8085] the words[H1697] of the law[H8451].
10. Then he said[H559] unto them[H3212], Go your way, eat[H398] the fat[H4924], and drink[H8354] the sweet[H4477], and send[H7971] portions[H4490] unto him for whom nothing is prepared[H3559]; for this day[H3117] is holy[H6918] unto our Lord[H113]: neither be ye grieved[H6087]; for the joy[H2304] of Jehovah[H3068] is your strength[H4581].
11. So the Levites[H3881] stilled[H2814] all the people[H5971], saying[H559], Hold your peace[H2013], for the day[H3117] is holy[H6918]; neither be ye grieved[H6087].
12. And all the people[H5971] went their way[H3212] to eat[H398], and to drink[H8354], and to send[H7971] portions[H4490], and to make[H6213] great[H1419] mirth[H8057], because they had understood[H995] the words[H1697] that were declared unto them[H3045].
13. And on the second[H8145] day[H3117] were gathered together[H622] the heads[H7218] of fathers[H1]' houses of all the people[H5971], the priests[H3548], and the Levites[H3881], unto Ezra[H5830] the scribe[H5608], even to give attention[H7919] to the words[H1697] of the law[H8451].
14. And they found[H4672] written[H3789] in the law[H8451], how that Jehovah[H3068] had commanded[H6680] by[H3027] Moses[H4872], that the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] should dwell[H3427] in booths[H5521] in the feast[H2282] of the seventh[H7637] month[H2320];
15. and that they should publish[H8085] and proclaim[H5674] in all their cities[H5892], and in Jerusalem[H3389], saying[H559], Go forth[H3318] unto the mount[H2022], and fetch[H935] olive[H2132] branches[H5929], and branches[H6086] of wild olive[H8081], and myrtle[H1918] branches[H6086], and palm[H8558] branches[H5929], and branches[H5929] of thick[H5687] trees[H6086], to make[H6213] booths[H5521], as it is written[H3789].
16. So the people[H5971] went forth[H3318], and brought[H935] them[H6213], and made themselves booths[H5521], every one[H376] upon the roof of his house[H1406], and in their courts[H2691], and in the courts[H2691] of the house[H1004] of God[H430], and in the broad[H7339] place of the water[H4325] gate[H8179], and in the broad[H7339] place of the gate[H8179] of Ephraim[H669].
17. And all the assembly[H6951] of them that were come again[H7725] out of the captivity[H7628] made[H6213] booths[H5521], and dwelt[H3427] in the booths[H5521]; for since the days[H3117] of Jeshua[H3442] the son[H1121] of Nun[H5126] unto that day[H3117] had not the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] done so[H6213]. And there was very[H3966] great[H1419] gladness[H8057].
18. Also day[H3117] by day[H3117], from the first[H7223] day[H3117] unto the last[H314] day[H3117], he read[H7121] in the book[H5612] of the law[H8451] of God[H430]. And they kept[H6213] the feast[H2282] seven[H7651] days[H3117]; and on the eighth[H8066] day[H3117] was a solemn assembly[H6116], according unto the ordinance[H4941].
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