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Nehemiah 8:7-9
English Standard Version Anglicised
Nehemiah 8:7-9
English Standard Version Anglicised
7 (A)Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites,[a] (B)helped the people to understand the Law, (C)while the people remained in their places. 8 They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly,[b] and they gave the meaning, so that the people understood the reading.
This Day Is Holy
9 And Nehemiah, who was (D)the governor, and Ezra (E)the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, (F)“This day is holy to the Lord your God; (G)do not mourn or weep.” For all the people wept as they heard the words of the Law.
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- Nehemiah 8:7 Vulgate; Hebrew and the Levites
- Nehemiah 8:8 Or with interpretation, or paragraph by paragraph
English Standard Version Anglicised (ESVUK)
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