12 And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.

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12 Then all the people went away to eat and drink, to send portions of food and to celebrate with great joy,(A) because they now understood the words that had been made known to them.

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174 I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my delight.

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174 I long for your salvation,(A) Lord,
    and your law gives me delight.(B)

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32 And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?

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32 They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us(A) while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures(B) to us?”

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171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

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171 May my lips overflow with praise,(A)
    for you teach me(B) your decrees.

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130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

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130 The unfolding of your words gives light;(A)
    it gives understanding to the simple.(B)

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127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.

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127 Because I love your commands(A)
    more than gold,(B) more than pure gold,(C)

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111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

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111 Your statutes are my heritage forever;
    they are the joy of my heart.(A)

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103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.

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103 How sweet are your words to my taste,
    sweeter than honey(A) to my mouth!(B)
104 I gain understanding(C) from your precepts;
    therefore I hate every wrong path.(D)

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97 O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

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97 Oh, how I love your law!(A)
    I meditate(B) on it all day long.

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72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.

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72 The law from your mouth is more precious to me
    than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.(A)

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Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.

So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.

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The Levites(A)—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan and Pelaiah—instructed(B) the people in the Law while the people were standing there. They read from the Book of the Law of God, making it clear[a] and giving the meaning so that the people understood what was being read.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 8:8 Or God, translating it

16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

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16 I delight(A) in your decrees;
    I will not neglect your word.

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14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.

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14 I rejoice in following your statutes(A)
    as one rejoices in great riches.

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