Nehemiah 8:2 - Forerunner Commentary

Nehemiah 8:2

1 Now all ^athe people gathered together as one man in the open square that was ^bin front of the Water Gate; and they told Ezra the ^cscribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded Israel.

2 So Ezra the priest brought ^athe Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could hear with understanding ^bon the first day of the seventh month.

3 Then he ^aread from it in the open square that was in front of the Water Gate¹ from morning until midday, before the men and women and those who could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law.

4 So Ezra the scribe stood on a platform of wood which they had made for the purpose; and beside him, at his right hand, stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Urijah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah; and at his left hand Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was standing above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people ^astood up.

6 And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. Then all the people ^aanswered, “Amen, Amen!” while ^blifting up their hands. And they ^cbowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.

7 Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, ^ahelped the people to understand the Law; and the people ^bstood in their place.

8 So they read distinctly from the book, in the Law of God; and they gave the sense, and helped them to understand the reading.

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