2 Ezra gathereth together the people, and readeth to them the Law. 12 They rejoice in Israel for the knowledge of the word of God. 15 They keep the feast of Tabernacles or booths.

And all the people assembled themselves [a]together, in the street that was before the water gate, and they spake unto Ezra the [b]Scribe, that he would bring the book of the Law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel.

And Ezra the Priest brought the Law before the Congregation both of men and women, and of all [c]that could hear and understand it, in the first day of the seventh month,

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 8:1 Hebrew, as one man.
  2. Nehemiah 8:1 Read Ezra 7:6.
  3. Nehemiah 8:2 Which had age and discretion to understand.

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