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the Week of Proper 5 / Ordinary 10
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Passage Lookup: Nehemiah 8:1-8
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Nehemiah 8:1
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And all the people gathered as one man at the square which was in front of (a)the Water Gate, and they [a]asked (b)Ezra the scribe to bring (c)the book of the law of Moses which the Lord had [b]given to Israel.
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Nehemiah 8:2
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Then (d)Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly of men, women and all who could listen with understanding, on (e)the first day of the seventh month.
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Nehemiah 8:3
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He read from it before the square which was in front of (f)the Water Gate from [c]early morning until midday, in the presence of men and women, those who could understand; and all the people were attentive to the book of the law.
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Nehemiah 8:4
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Ezra the scribe stood at a wooden podium which they had made for the purpose. And beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right hand; and Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah and Meshullam on his left hand.
Nehemiah 8:5
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Ezra opened (g)the book in the sight of all the people for he was standing above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people (h)stood up.
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Nehemiah 8:6
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Then Ezra blessed the Lord the great God. And all the people answered, "(i)Amen, Amen!" while lifting up their hands; then (j)they bowed low and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.
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Nehemiah 8:7
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Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites, explained the law to the people while the people remained in their place.
Nehemiah 8:8
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They read from the book, from the law of God, [d]translating to give the sense so that they understood the reading.
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