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Bible in Basic English
And Ezra the priest put the law before the meeting of the people, before the men and women and all those who were able to take it in, on the first day of the seventh month.
New American Standard Bible
Then
King James Version
And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.
Holman Bible
On the first day of the seventh month,
International Standard Version
So on the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought out the Law before the assembled people. Both men and women were in attendance, as well as all who could understand what they were hearing.
A Conservative Version
And Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all who could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.
American Standard Version
And Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.
Amplified
So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men, women and all who could listen with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.
Darby Translation
And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation, both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.
Julia Smith Translation
And Ezra the priest will bring the law before the convocation, from man and even to woman, and all understanding to hear in one day to the seventh month.
King James 2000
And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly for [each] man and woman to hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.
Modern King James verseion
And Ezra the priest brought the Law before the congregation, both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and of all that could understand it, upon the first day of the seventh month.
NET Bible
So Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly which included men and women and all those able to understand what they heard. (This happened on the first day of the seventh month.)
New Heart English Bible
Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all who could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.
The Emphasized Bible
So then Ezra the priest brought the law, before the convocation of both men and women, and all that had understanding to hearken, - on the first day of the seventh month;
Webster
And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.
World English Bible
Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all who could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Ezra the priest bringeth the law before the assembly, both of men and women, and every one intelligent to hear, on the first day of the seventh month,
Themes
-ezra » Honoured God's word » By public reading and exposition
Feast » Of trumpets » Of trumpets, held the first of the seventh month ethanim (october)
Feasts » Jewish » Of trumpets, held the first of the seventh month ethanim (october)
Hebrew » Feasts » Of trumpets, held the first of the seventh month ethanim (october)
the Law of moses » Publicly read » By ezra
Repentance » Instances of » The jews of the exile » After hearing the law expounded by ezra
Scribes » Acted as » Religious teachers
Synagogues » Revival of, after the captivity
The word of God » To be read publicly
Trumpets » Feast of, held the first of the seventh month ethanim (october)
Trumpets » Feast of » Celebrated after the captivity with joy
Interlinear
Paniym
Shama`
'echad
Yowm
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Nehemiah 8:2
Images Nehemiah 8:2
Prayers for Nehemiah 8:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ezra Reads The Law To The People
1 And when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their towns. And all the people came together like one man into the wide place in front of the water-doorway; and they made a request to Ezra the scribe that he would put before them the book of the law of Moses which the Lord had given to Israel. 2 And Ezra the priest put the law before the meeting of the people, before the men and women and all those who were able to take it in, on the first day of the seventh month. 3 He was reading it in the wide place in front of the water-doorway, from early morning till the middle of the day, in the hearing of all those men and women whose minds were able to take it in; and the ears of all the people were open to the book of the law.
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Cross References
Leviticus 23:24
Say to the children of Israel, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, let there be a special day of rest for you, a day of memory, marked by the blowing of horns, a meeting for worship.
Numbers 29:1
In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, let there be a holy meeting; on it you may do no field-work; let the day be marked by the blowing of horns;
Deuteronomy 17:18
And when he has taken his place on the seat of his kingdom, he is to make in a book a copy of this law, from that which the priests, the Levites, have in their care:
Deuteronomy 31:9-13
Then Moses put all this law in writing, and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who take up the ark of the Lord's agreement, and to all the responsible men of Israel.
2 Chronicles 17:7-9
In the third year of his rule he sent Benhail and Obadiah and Zechariah and Nethanel and Micaiah, his captains, as teachers into the towns of Judah;
Isaiah 28:9
To whom will he give knowledge? and to whom will he make clear the word? Will it be to those who have newly given up milk, and who have only now been taken from the breast?
Malachi 2:7
For it is right for the priest's lips to keep knowledge, and for men to be waiting for the law from his mouth: for he is the servant sent from the Lord of armies.
Acts 15:21
For Moses, from times long past, has his preachers in every town, reading his law in the Synagogues every Sabbath.