Dual Panel1And all the people <05971> gathered themselves together <0622> (8735) as one <0259> man <0376> into the street <07339> that [was] before <06440> the water <04325> gate <08179>_; and they spake <0559> (8799) unto Ezra <05830> the scribe <05608> (8802) to bring <0935> (8687) the book <05612> of the law <08451> of Moses <04872>_, which the LORD <03068> had commanded <06680> (8765) to Israel <03478>_.
2And Ezra <05830> the priest <03548> brought <0935> (8686) the law <08451> before <06440> the congregation <06951> both of men <0376> and women <0802>_, and all that could hear <08085> (8800) with understanding <0995> (8688)_, upon the first <0259> day <03117> of the seventh <07637> month <02320>_. {that...: Heb. that understood in hearing}
3And he read <07121> (8799) therein before <06440> the street <07339> that [was] before <06440> the water <04325> gate <08179> from the morning <0216> until midday <04276> <03117>_, before the men <0582> and the women <0802>_, and those that could understand <0995> (8688)_; and the ears <0241> of all the people <05971> [were attentive] unto the book <05612> of the law <08451>_. {from...: Heb. from the light}
4And Ezra <05830> the scribe <05608> (8802) stood <05975> (8799) upon a pulpit <04026> of wood <06086>_, which they had made <06213> (8804) for the purpose <01697>_; and beside <0681> him stood <05975> (8799) Mattithiah <04993>_, and Shema <08087>_, and Anaiah <06043>_, and Urijah <0223>_, and Hilkiah <02518>_, and Maaseiah <04641>_, on his right hand <03225>_; and on his left hand <08040>_, Pedaiah <06305>_, and Mishael <04332>_, and Malchiah <04441>_, and Hashum <02828>_, and Hashbadana <02806>_, Zechariah <02148>_, [and] Meshullam <04918>_. {pulpit...: Heb. tower of wood}
5And Ezra <05830> opened <06605> (8799) the book <05612> in the sight <05869> of all the people <05971>_; (for he was above all the people <05971>;) and when he opened <06605> (8800) it, all the people <05971> stood up <05975> (8804)_: {sight: Heb. eyes}
6And Ezra <05830> blessed <01288> (8762) the LORD <03068>_, the great <01419> God <0430>_. And all the people <05971> answered <06030> (8799)_, Amen <0543>_, Amen <0543>_, with lifting up <04607> their hands <03027>_: and they bowed <06915> (8799) their heads, and worshipped <07812> (8691) the LORD <03068> with [their] faces <0639> to the ground <0776>_.
7Also Jeshua <03442>_, and Bani <01137>_, and Sherebiah <08274>_, Jamin <03226>_, Akkub <06126>_, Shabbethai <07678>_, Hodijah <01941>_, Maaseiah <04641>_, Kelita <07042>_, Azariah <05838>_, Jozabad <03107>_, Hanan <02605>_, Pelaiah <06411>_, and the Levites <03881>_, caused the people <05971> to understand <0995> (8688) the law <08451>_: and the people <05971> [stood] in their place <05977>_.
8So they read <07121> (8799) in the book <05612> in the law <08451> of God <0430> distinctly <06567> (8794)_, and gave <07760> (8800) the sense <07922>_, and caused [them] to understand <0995> (8799) the reading <04744>_.
9And Nehemiah <05166>_, which [is] the Tirshatha <08660>_, and Ezra <05830> the priest <03548> the scribe <05608> (8802)_, and the Levites <03881> that taught <0995> (8688) the people <05971>_, said <0559> (8799) unto all the people <05971>_, This day <03117> [is] holy <06918> unto the LORD <03068> your God <0430>_; mourn <056> (8691) not, nor weep <01058> (8799)_. For all the people <05971> wept <01058> (8802)_, when they heard <08085> (8800) the words <01697> of the law <08451>_. {the Tirshatha: or, the governor}
10Then he said <0559> (8799) unto them, Go your way <03212> (8798)_, eat <0398> (8798) the fat <04924>_, and drink <08354> (8798) the sweet <04477>_, and send <07971> (8798) portions <04490> unto them for whom nothing is prepared <03559> (8737)_: for [this] day <03117> [is] holy <06918> unto our Lord <0113>_: neither be ye sorry <06087> (8735)_; for the joy <02304> of the LORD <03068> is your strength <04581>_.
11So the Levites <03881> stilled <02814> (8688) all the people <05971>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Hold your peace <02013> (8761)_, for the day <03117> [is] holy <06918>_; neither be ye grieved <06087> (8735)_.
12And all the people <05971> went their way <03212> (8799) to eat <0398> (8800)_, and to drink <08354> (8800)_, and to send <07971> (8763) portions <04490>_, and to make <06213> (8800) great <01419> mirth <08057>_, because they had understood <0995> (8689) the words <01697> that were declared <03045> (8689) unto them.
13And on the second <08145> day <03117> were gathered together <0622> (8738) the chief <07218> of the fathers <01> of all the people <05971>_, the priests <03548>_, and the Levites <03881>_, unto Ezra <05830> the scribe <05608> (8802)_, even to understand <07919> (8687) the words <01697> of the law <08451>_. {to understand...: or, that they might instruct in the words of the law}
14And they found <04672> (8799) written <03789> (8803) in the law <08451> which the LORD <03068> had commanded <06680> (8765) by <03027> Moses <04872>_, that the children <01121> of Israel <03478> should dwell <03427> (8799) in booths <05521> in the feast <02282> of the seventh <07637> month <02320>_: {by: Heb. by the hand of}
15And that they should publish <08085> (8686) and proclaim <05674> (8686) <06963> in all their cities <05892>_, and in Jerusalem <03389>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, Go forth <03318> (8798) unto the mount <02022>_, and fetch <0935> (8685) olive <02132> branches <05929>_, and pine <08081> branches <06086> <05929>_, and myrtle <01918> branches <05929>_, and palm <08558> branches <05929>_, and branches <05929> of thick <05687> trees <06086>_, to make <06213> (8800) booths <05521>_, as [it is] written <03789> (8803)_.
16So the people <05971> went forth <03318> (8799)_, and brought <0935> (8686) [them], and made <06213> (8799) themselves booths <05521>_, every one <0376> upon the roof of his house <01406>_, and in their courts <02691>_, and in the courts <02691> of the house <01004> of God <0430>_, and in the street <07339> of the water <04325> gate <08179>_, and in the street <07339> of the gate <08179> of Ephraim <0669>_.
17And all the congregation <06951> of them that were come again <07725> (8802) out of the captivity <07628> made <06213> (8799) booths <05521>_, and sat <03427> (8799) under the booths <05521>_: for since the days <03117> of Jeshua <03442> the son <01121> of Nun <05126> unto that day <03117> had not the children <01121> of Israel <03478> done so <06213> (8804)_. And there was very <03966> great <01419> gladness <08057>_.
18Also day <03117> by day <03117>_, from the first <07223> day <03117> unto the last <0314> day <03117>_, he read <07121> (8799) in the book <05612> of the law <08451> of God <0430>_. And they kept <06213> (8799) the feast <02282> seven <07651> days <03117>_; and on the eighth <08066> day <03117> [was] a solemn assembly <06116>_, according unto the manner <04941>_. {a solemn...: Heb. a restraint}