all the people came together as one in the square before the Water Gate.(A) They told Ezra the teacher of the Law to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses,(B) which the Lord had commanded for Israel.

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So on the first day of the seventh month(A) Ezra the priest brought the Law(B) before the assembly, which was made up of men and women and all who were able to understand.

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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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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 8:8 Or God, translating it

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