8:1 And
all
the
people
gathered
as
one
man
into
the
square
before
the
Water
Gate.
And
they
told
Ezra
the
scribe
to
bring
the
Book
of
the
Law
of
Moses
that
the
LORD
had
commanded
Israel.
8:2 So
Ezra
the
priest
brought
the
Law
before
the
assembly,
both
men
and
women
and
all
who
could
understand
what
they
heard,
on
the
first
day
of
the
seventh
month.
8:3 And
he
read
from
it
facing
the
square
before
the
Water
Gate
from
early
morning
until
midday,
in
the
presence
of
the
men
and
the
women
and
those
who
could
understand.
And
the
ears
of
all
the
people
were
attentive
to
the
Book
of
the
Law.
8:4 And
Ezra
the
scribe
stood
on
a
wooden
platform
that
they
had
made
for
the
purpose.
And
beside
him
stood
Mattithiah,
Shema,
Anaiah,
Uriah,
Hilkiah,
and
Maaseiah
on
his
right
hand,
and
Pedaiah,
Mishael,
Malchijah,
Hashum,
Hashbaddanah,
Zechariah,
and
Meshullam
on
his
left
hand.
8:5 And
Ezra
opened
the
book
in
the
sight
of
all
the
people,
for
he
was
above
all
the
people,
and
as
he
opened
it
all
the
people
stood.
8:6 And
Ezra
blessed
the
LORD,
the
great
God,
and
all
the
people
answered,
"Amen,
Amen,"
lifting
up
their
hands.
And
they
bowed
their
heads
and
worshiped
the
LORD
with
their
faces
to
the
ground.
8:7 Also
Jeshua,
Bani,
Sherebiah,
Jamin,
Akkub,
Shabbethai,
Hodiah,
Maaseiah,
Kelita,
Azariah,
Jozabad,
Hanan,
Pelaiah,
the
Levites,
helped
the
people
to
understand
the
Law,
while
the
people
remained
in
their
places.
8:8 They
read
from
the
book,
from
the
Law
of
God,
clearly,
and
they
gave
the
sense,
so
that
the
people
understood
the
reading.
8:9 And
Nehemiah,
who
was
the
governor,
and
Ezra
the
priest
and
scribe,
and
the
Levites
who
taught
the
people
said
to
all
the
people,
"This
day
is
holy
to
the
LORD
your
God;
do
not
mourn
or
weep."
For
all
the
people
wept
as
they
heard
the
words
of
the
Law.
8:10 Then
he
said
to
them,
"Go
your
way.
Eat
the
fat
and
drink
sweet
wine
and
send
portions
to
anyone
who
has
nothing
ready,
for
this
day
is
holy
to
our
Lord.
And
do
not
be
grieved,
for
the
joy
of
the
LORD
is
your
strength."
8:11 So
the
Levites
calmed
all
the
people,
saying,
"Be
quiet,
for
this
day
is
holy;
do
not
be
grieved."
8:12 And
all
the
people
went
their
way
to
eat
and
drink
and
to
send
portions
and
to
make
great
rejoicing,
because
they
had
understood
the
words
that
were
declared
to
them.
8:13 On
the
second
day
the
heads
of
fathers'
houses
of
all
the
people,
with
the
priests
and
the
Levites,
came
together
to
Ezra
the
scribe
in
order
to
study
the
words
of
the
Law.
8:14 And
they
found
it
written
in
the
Law
that
the
LORD
had
commanded
by
Moses
that
the
people
of
Israel
should
dwell
in
booths
during
the
feast
of
the
seventh
month,
8:15 and
that
they
should
proclaim
it
and
publish
it
in
all
their
towns
and
in
Jerusalem,
"Go
out
to
the
hills
and
bring
branches
of
olive,
wild
olive,
myrtle,
palm,
and
other
leafy
trees
to
make
booths,
as
it
is
written."
8:16 So
the
people
went
out
and
brought
them
and
made
booths
for
themselves,
each
on
his
roof,
and
in
their
courts
and
in
the
courts
of
the
house
of
God,
and
in
the
square
at
the
Water
Gate
and
in
the
square
at
the
Gate
of
Ephraim.
8:17 And
all
the
assembly
of
those
who
had
returned
from
the
captivity
made
booths
and
lived
in
the
booths,
for
from
the
days
of
Jeshua
the
son
of
Nun
to
that
day
the
people
of
Israel
had
not
done
so.
And
there
was
very
great
rejoicing.
8:18 And
day
by
day,
from
the
first
day
to
the
last
day,
he
read
from
the
Book
of
the
Law
of
God.
They
kept
the
feast
seven
days,
and
on
the
eighth
day
there
was
a
solemn
assembly,
according
to
the
rule.