Nehemiah 8:1-3

Legacy Standard Bible

Ezra Reads the Book of the Law

8 And all the people gathered as one man at the square which was in front of ^(A)the Water Gate, and they said to ^(B)Ezra the scribe to bring ^(C)the book of the law of Moses which Yahweh had commanded to Israel. ² Then ^(D)Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly of men, women, and all who could understand when listening, on ^(E)the first day of the seventh month. ³ And he read from it before the square which was in front of ^(F)the Water Gate from ^[a]early morning until midday, in the presence of men and women, those who could understand; and all the ears of the people were attentive to the book of the law.