尼希米记 8:3

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

在水門前面的廣場，從清早到中午，向眾男女和聽了能明白的人宣讀出來。眾民都側耳傾聽這律法書的話。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
在 水 门 前 的 宽 阔 处 ， 从 清 早 到 晌 午 ， 在 众 男 女 、 一 切 听 了 能 明 白 的 人 面 前 读 这 律 法 书 。 众 民 侧 耳 而 听 。

Contextual Overview

¹ All the people of Israel gathered together in the square by the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the teacher to bring out the Book of the Teachings of Moses, which the Lord had given to Israel. ² So on the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought out the Teachings for the crowd. Men, women, and all who could listen and understand had gathered. ³ At the square by the Water Gate Ezra read the Teachings out loud from early morning until noon to the men, women, and everyone who could listen and understand. All the people listened carefully to the Book of the Teachings. ⁴ Ezra the teacher stood on a high wooden platform that had been built just for this time. On his right were Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah. And on his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malkijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam. ⁵ Ezra opened the book in full view of everyone, because he was above them. As he opened it, all the people stood up. ⁶ Ezra praised the Lord , the great God, and all the people held up their hands and said, "Amen! Amen!" Then they bowed down and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground. ⁷ These Levites explained the Teachings to the people as they stood there: Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah. ⁸ They read from the Book of the Teachings of God and explained what it meant so the people understood what was being read.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he read: Luke 4:16-20, Acts 13:15, Acts 13:27, Acts 15:21

morning: Heb. light, Acts 20:7, Acts 20:11, Acts 28:23

ears: Matthew 7:28, Matthew 7:29, Mark 12:37, Luke 8:18, Luke 19:48, Acts 16:14, Acts 17:11, 1 Thessalonians 2:13, Hebrews 2:1-3, Revelation 2:29, Revelation 3:22

Reciprocal: Joshua 8:34 - he read Nehemiah 3:26 - the water Nehemiah 8:16 - the street of the water gate Nehemiah 9:3 - one fourth Nehemiah 12:37 - water gate Nehemiah 13:1 - they read Jeremiah 36:8 - in the James 1:19 - let

Cross-References

Genesis 7:11
When Noah was six hundred years old, the flood started. On the seventeenth day of the second month of that year the underground springs split open, and the clouds in the sky poured out rain.

Genesis 7:24
And the waters continued to cover the earth for one hundred fifty days.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he read therein,.... Some passages in it, here and there, which it was necessary the people should have knowledge of; for it can hardly be thought be began and read on just in the order in which it was: this he did

before the street; at the top of it, at one end of it:

that was before the water gate; which looked directly to that:

from the morning until midday; from the rising of the sun to noon, so that he must read six hours; but very probably was relieved at times by the men with him, after mentioned:

before the men and the women, and those that could understand; see Nehemiah 8:2,

and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law; to the hearing of it read, and to the things contained in it; hence Maimonides h gathers, that as soon as the reader begins the reading of the law, it is not lawful to speak about anything, not even the constitutions of the law, but silently to attend to what is read.

h Hilchot Tephillah, c. 12. sect. 9.