³⁵ There was not a word of all that Moses commanded that Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel, ^(A)and the women, and the little ones, and ^(B)the sojourners who lived^[a] among them.

^12 (A)Assemble the people, men, women, and little ones, and the sojourner within your towns, that they may hear and learn to fear the Lord your God, and be careful to do all the words of this law,

² So Ezra the priest ^(A)brought the Law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could understand what they heard, ^(B)on the first day of the seventh month.

² “Thus says the Lord: ^(A)Stand in the court of the Lord's house, and speak to all the cities of Judah that come to worship in the house of the Lord ^(B)all the words that I command you to speak to them; ^(C)do not hold back a word.

⁵ When our days there were ended, we departed and went on our journey, and they all, with wives and children, ^(A)accompanied us until we were outside the city. And ^(B)kneeling down on the beach, we prayed

¹⁴ But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, ^(A)“Let the children come to me; ^(B)do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.

The People Confess Their Sin

10 ^(A)While Ezra prayed and ^(B)made confession, weeping and ^(C)casting himself down ^(D)before the house of God, a very great assembly of men, women, and children, gathered to him out of Israel, for the people wept bitterly.

¹¹ your little ones, your wives, and the ^(A)sojourner who is in your camp, from ^(B)the one who chops your wood to the one who draws your water,