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And all the people[H5971] gathered themselves together[H622] as one[H259]man[H376] into the street[H7339] 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 the LORD[H3068] had commanded[H6680] to Israel[H3478].
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And Ezra[H5830] the priest[H3548]brought[H935] the law[H8451]before[H6440] the congregation[H6951] both of 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].
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And he read[H7121] therein before[H6440] the street[H7339] that was before[H6440] the water[H4325]gate[H8179] from the morning[H216] until midday[H4276], before[H6440] the men[H582] and the women[H802], and those that could understand[H995]; and the ears[H241] of all the people[H5971] were attentive unto the book[H5612] of the law[H8451].
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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 Urijah[H223], and Hilkiah[H2518], and Maaseiah[H4641], on his right hand[H3225]; and on his left hand[H8040], Pedaiah[H6305], and Mishael[H4332], and Malchiah[H4441], and Hashum[H2828], and Hashbadana[H2806], Zechariah[H2148], and Meshullam[H4918].
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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, all the people[H5971] stood up[H5975]:
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And Ezra[H5830]blessed[H1288] the LORD[H3068], the great[H1419]God[H430]. And all the people[H5971]answered[H6030], Amen[H543], Amen[H543], with lifting up[H4607] their hands[H3027]: and they bowed[H6915] their heads, and worshipped[H7812] the LORD[H3068] with their faces[H639] to the ground[H776].
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Also Jeshua[H3442], and Bani[H1137], and Sherebiah[H8274], Jamin[H3226], Akkub[H6126], Shabbethai[H7678], Hodijah[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].
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So they read[H7121] in the book[H5612] in the law[H8451] of God[H430]distinctly[H6567], and gave[H7760] the sense[H7922], and caused them to understand[H995] the reading[H4744].
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And Nehemiah[H5166], which is the Tirshatha[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 the LORD[H3068] your God[H430]; mourn[H56] not, nor weep[H1058]. For all the people[H5971]wept[H1058], when they heard[H8085] the words[H1697] of the law[H8451].
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Then he said[H559] unto them, Go your way[H3212], eat[H398] the fat[H4924], and drink[H8354] the sweet[H4477], and send[H7971]portions[H4490] unto them for whom nothing is prepared[H3559]: for this day[H3117] is holy[H6918] unto our Lord[H113]: neither be ye sorry[H6087]; for the joy[H2304] of the LORD[H3068] is your strength[H4581].
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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].
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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[H3045] unto them.
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And on the second[H8145]day[H3117] were gathered together[H622] the chief[H7218] of the fathers[H1] of all the people[H5971], the priests[H3548], and the Levites[H3881], unto Ezra[H5830] the scribe[H5608], even to understand[H7919] the words[H1697] of the law[H8451].
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And they found[H4672]written[H3789] in the law[H8451] which the LORD[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]:
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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 pine[H8081]branches[H6086], and myrtle[H1918]branches[H6086], and palm[H8558]branches[H6086], and branches[H6086] of thick[H5687]trees[H6086], to make[H6213]booths[H5521], as it is written[H3789].
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So the people[H5971] went forth[H3318], and brought[H935] them, and made[H6213] 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 street[H7339] of the water[H4325]gate[H8179], and in the street[H7339] of the gate[H8179] of Ephraim[H669].
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And all the congregation[H6951] of them that were come again[H7725] out of the captivity[H7628]made[H6213]booths[H5521], and sat[H3427] under 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].
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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 manner[H4941].