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Nehemiah 8 – New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Ezra Reads the Law

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And all H3605 the people H5971 gathered H622 as one H259 person H376 at the public H7339 square H7339 which H834 was in front H6440 of the Water H4325 Gate H8179, and they [fn]asked H559 Ezra H5830 the scribe H5608 to bring H935 the Book H5612 of the Law H8451 of Moses H4872 which H834 the LORD H3068 had [fn]given H6680 to Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:2 - Then Ezra H5830 the priest H3548 brought H935 the Law H8451 before H6440 the assembly H6951 of men H376, women H802, and all H3605 who could listen H8085 with understanding H995, on the first H259 day H3117 of the seventh H7637 month H2320.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:3 - And he read H7121 from it before H6440 the public H7339 square H7339 which H834 was in front H6440 of the Water H4325 Gate H8179, from [fn]early H216 morning H216 until H5704 midday H4276 H3117, in the presence H5048 of men H376 and women H802, those who could understand H995; and [fn]all H3605 the people H5971 were attentive H241 to the Book H5612 of the Law H8451.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:4 - Ezra H5830 the scribe H5608 stood H5975 at a wooden H6086 podium H4026 which H834 they had made H6213 for the purpose H1697. And beside H681 him stood H5975 Mattithiah H4993, Shema H8087, Anaiah H6043, Uriah H223, Hilkiah H2518, and Maaseiah H4641 on his right H3225; and Pedaiah H6305, Mishael H4332, Malchijah H4441, Hashum H2828, Hashbaddanah H2806, Zechariah H2148, and Meshullam H4918 on his left H8040.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:5 - Then Ezra H5830 opened H6605 the book H5612 in the sight H5869 of all H3605 the people H5971, for he was standing above H4480 H5921 all H3605 the people H5971; and when he opened H6605 it, all H3605 the people H5971 stood H5975 up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:6 - Then Ezra H5830 blessed H1288 the LORD H3068, the great H1419 God H430. And all H3605 the people H5971 answered H6030, “Amen H543, Amen H543!” with the raising H4607 of their hands H3027; then they kneeled H6915 down H6915 and worshiped H2331 the LORD H3068 with their faces H639 to the ground H776.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:7 - Also Jeshua H3091, Bani H1137, Sherebiah H8274, Jamin H3226, Akkub H6126, Shabbethai H7678, Hodiah H1941, Maaseiah H4641, Kelita H7042, Azariah H5838, Jozabad H3107, Hanan H2605, Pelaiah H6411, and the Levites H3881 explained H995 the Law H8451 to the people H5971 while the people H5971 remained in their place H5977.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:8 - They read H7121 from the book H5612, from the Law H8451 of God H430, [fn]translating H6567 to give H7760 the sense H7922 so that they understood H995 the reading H4744.

This Day Is Holy

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Then Nehemiah H5166, who H1931 was the [fn]governor H8660, and Ezra H5830 the priest H3548 and scribe H5608, and the Levites H3881 who taught H995 the people H5971 said H559 to all H3605 the people H5971, “This H1931 day H3117 is holy H6918 to the LORD H3068 your God H430; do not mourn H56 or weep H1058.” For all H3605 the people H5971 were weeping H1058 when they heard H8085 the words H1697 of the Law H8451.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:10 - Then he said H559 to them, “Go H1980, eat H398 the festival H4924 foods H4924, drink H8354 the sweet H4477 drinks H4477, and send H7971 portions H4490 to him who has nothing H369 prepared H3559; for this day H3117 is holy H6918 to our Lord H136. Do not be grieved H6087, for the joy H2304 of the LORD H3068 is your [fn]refuge H4581.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:11 - So the Levites H3881 silenced H2814 all H3605 the people H5971, saying H559, “Be still H2013, for the day H3117 is holy H6918; do not be grieved H6087.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:12 - Then all H3605 the people H5971 went H1980 away to eat H398, drink H8354, to send H7971 portions H4490, and to [fn]celebrate H6213 a great H1419 feast H8057, because H3588 they understood H995 the words H1697 which H834 had been made H3045 known H3045 to them.

Feast of Booths Restored

(cf. Lev 23:33–43 )

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Then on the second H8145 day H3117 the heads H7218 of fathers’ H1 households of all H3605 the people H5971, the priests H3548, and the Levites H3881 were gathered H622 to Ezra H5830 the scribe H5608 so that they might gain H7919 insight H7919 into the words H1697 of the Law H8451.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:14 - And they found H4672 written H3789 in the Law H8451 how H834 the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680 through H3027 Moses H4872 that the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 were to live H3427 in [fn]booths H5521 during the feast H2282 of the seventh H7637 month H2320.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:15 - And that they were to proclaim H8085 and circulate H5674 a proclamation H6963 in all H3605 their cities H5892 and in Jerusalem H3389, saying H559, “Go H3318 out H3318 to the hills H2022, and bring H935 olive H2132 branches H5929 and [fn]wild H6086 H8081 olive H8081 branches H5929, myrtle H1918 branches H5929, palm H8558 branches H5929, and branches H5929 of other trees H6086 with thick H5687 branches H5687, to make H6213 booths H5521, as it is written H3789.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:16 - So the people H5971 went H3318 out H3318 and brought H935 them and made H6213 booths H5521 for themselves, each H376 on his roof H1406, and in their courtyards H2691 and in the courtyards H2691 of the house H1004 of God H430, and in the public H7339 square H7339 at the Water H4325 Gate H8179, and in the square H7339 at the Gate H8179 of Ephraim H669.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:17 - The entire H3605 assembly H6951 of those who had returned H7725 from the captivity H7628 made H6213 booths H5521 and lived H3427 in the booths H5521. Indeed H3588, the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 had not done H6213 so H3651 since H4480 the days H3117 of Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun H5126 to that day H3117. And there was very H3966 great H1419 rejoicing H8057.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:18 - He read H7121 from the Book H5612 of the Law H8451 of God H430 daily H3117, from the first H7223 day H3117 to the last H314 day H3117. And they celebrated H6213 the feast H2282 seven H7651 days H3117, and on the eighth H8066 day H3117 there was a festive H6116 assembly H6116 in accordance with the ordinance H4941.
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NASB20 Footnotes
Lit said to
Lit commanded
Lit the light
Lit the ears of all...were to
Or explaining
Heb Tirshatha, a Persian title
Or stronghold
Lit make a great rejoicing
I.e., huts, also called tabernacles
Lit oil tree, species unknown
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