They read from the book, from the Law of God, [a]translating to give the sense so that they understood the reading.

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  1. Nehemiah 8:8 Or explaining

So they read distinctly from the book, in the Law of God; and they gave the sense, and helped them to understand the reading.

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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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They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly,[a] and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading.

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  1. Nehemiah 8:8 Or with interpretation, or paragraph by paragraph