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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  1. Nehemiah 8:8 Or God, translating it

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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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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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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