<vn='1'>And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> gathered themselves <sn="622">together</s> as <sn="259">one</s><sn="376">man</s><sn="413">into</s> the <sn="7339">street</s><sn="834">that</s> was <sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="4325">water</s><sn="8179">gate</s>; and they <sn="559">spoke</s> unto <sn="5830">Ezra</s> the <sn="5608">scribe</s> to <sn="935">bring</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5612">book</s> of the <sn="8451">law</s> of <sn="4872">Moses</s>, <sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> had <sn="6680">commanded</s> to <sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="5830">Ezra</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s><sn="935">brought</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8451">law</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="6951">congregation</s> both of <sn="4480 376">men</s> and <sn="802">women</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> that could <sn="8085">hear</s> with <sn="995">understanding</s>, upon the <sn="259">first</s><sn="3117">day</s> of the <sn="7637">seventh</s><sn="2320">month</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And he <sn="7121">read</s> therein <sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="7339">street</s><sn="834">that</s> was <sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="4325">water</s><sn="8179">gate</s><sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="216">morning</s><sn="5704">until</s><sn="4276 3117">midday</s>, <sn="5048">before</s> the <sn="376">men</s> and the <sn="802">women</s>, and those that could <sn="995">understand</s>; and the <sn="241">ears</s> of <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> were attentive <sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="5612">book</s> of the <sn="8451">law</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And <sn="5830">Ezra</s> the <sn="5608">scribe</s><sn="5975">stood</s><sn="5921">upon</s> a <sn="4026">pulpit</s> of <sn="6086">wood</s>, <sn="834">which</s> they had <sn="6213">made</s> for the <sn="1697">purpose</s>; and <sn="681">beside</s> him <sn="5975">stood</s><sn="4993">Mattithiah</s>, and <sn="8087">Shema</s>, and <sn="6043">Anaiah</s>, and <sn="223">Urijah</s>, and <sn="2518">Hilkiah</s>, and <sn="4641">Maaseiah</s>, <sn="5921">on</s> his right <sn="3225">hand</s>; and on his left <sn="4480 8040">hand</s>, <sn="6305">Pedaiah</s>, and <sn="4332">Mishael</s>, and <sn="4441">Malchiah</s>, and <sn="2828">Hashum</s>, and <sn="2806">Hashbadana</s>, <sn="2148">Zechariah</s>, and <sn="4918">Meshullam</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And <sn="5830">Ezra</s><sn="6605">opened</s> the <sn="5612">book</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>; ( <sn="3588">for</s> he <sn="1961">was</s><sn="4480 5921">above</s><sn="3605">all</s> the people;) <sn="5971"></s> and when he <sn="6605">opened</s> it, <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> stood <sn="5975">up</s>: </v>
<vn='6'>And <sn="5830">Ezra</s><sn="1288">blessed</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, the <sn="1419">great</s><sn="430">God</s>. And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="6030">answered</s>, <sn="543">Amen</s>, <sn="543">Amen</s>, with lifting <sn="4607">up</s> their <sn="3027">hands</s>: and they <sn="6915">bowed</s> their heads, and <sn="7812">worshiped</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> with their <sn="639">faces</s> to the <sn="776">ground</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>Also <sn="3442">Jeshua</s>, and <sn="1137">Bani</s>, and <sn="8274">Sherebiah</s>, <sn="3226">Jamin</s>, <sn="6126">Akkub</s>, <sn="7678">Shabbethai</s>, <sn="1941">Hodijah</s>, <sn="4641">Maaseiah</s>, <sn="7042">Kelita</s>, <sn="5838">Azariah</s>, <sn="3107">Jozabad</s>, <sn="2605">Hanan</s>, <sn="6411">Pelaiah</s>, and the <sn="3881">Levites</s>, caused <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5971">people</s> to <sn="995">understand</s> the <sn="8451">law</s>: and the <sn="5971">people</s> stood <sn="5921">in</s> their <sn="5977">place</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>So they <sn="7121">read</s> in the <sn="5612">book</s> in the <sn="8451">law</s> of <sn="430">God</s><sn="6567">distinctly</s>, and <sn="7760">gave</s> the <sn="7922">sense</s>, and caused them to <sn="995">understand</s> the <sn="4744">reading</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And <sn="5166">Nehemiah</s>, <sn="1931">which</s> is the <sn="8660">Tirshatha</s>, and <sn="5830">Ezra</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s> the <sn="5608">scribe</s>, and the <sn="3881">Levites</s> that <sn="995">taught</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="559">said</s> unto <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="1931">This</s><sn="3117">day</s> is <sn="6918">holy</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s> your <sn="430">God</s>; <sn="56">mourn</s><sn="408">not</s>, <sn="408">nor</s><sn="1058">weep</s>. <sn="3588">For</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="1058">wept</s>, when they <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1697">words</s> of the <sn="8451">law</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>Then he <sn="559">said</s> unto them, <sn="1980">Go</s> your way, <sn="398">eat</s> the <sn="4924">fat</s>, and <sn="8354">drink</s> the <sn="4477">sweet</s>, and <sn="7971">send</s><sn="4490">portions</s> unto them for whom <sn="369">nothing</s> is <sn="3559">prepared</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> this <sn="3117">day</s> is <sn="6918">holy</s> unto our <sn="113">Lord</s>: <sn="408">neither</s> be ye <sn="6087">sorry</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="2304">joy</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> is your <sn="4581">strength</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>So the <sn="3881">Levites</s><sn="2814">stilled</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, Hold your <sn="2013">peace</s>, <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="3117">day</s> is <sn="6918">holy</s>; <sn="408">neither</s> be ye <sn="6087">grieved</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="1980">went</s> their way to <sn="398">eat</s>, and to <sn="8354">drink</s>, and to <sn="7971">send</s><sn="4490">portions</s>, and to <sn="6213">make</s><sn="1419">great</s><sn="8057">mirth</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> they had <sn="995">understood</s> the <sn="1697">words</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="3045">declared</s> unto them. </v>
<vn='13'>And on the <sn="8145">second</s><sn="3117">day</s> were gathered <sn="622">together</s> the <sn="7218">chief</s> of the <sn="1">fathers</s> of <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, the <sn="3548">priests</s>, and the <sn="3881">Levites</s>, <sn="413">unto</s><sn="5830">Ezra</s> the <sn="5608">scribe</s>, even to <sn="7919 413">understand</s> the <sn="1697">words</s> of the <sn="8451">law</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And they <sn="4672">found</s><sn="3789">written</s> in the <sn="8451">law</s><sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> had <sn="6680">commanded</s><sn="3027">by</s><sn="4872">Moses</s>, <sn="834">that</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> should <sn="3427">dwell</s> in <sn="5521">booths</s> in the <sn="2282">feast</s> of the <sn="7637">seventh</s><sn="2320">month</s>: </v>
<vn='15'>And <sn="834">that</s> they should <sn="8085">publish</s> and <sn="5674 6963">proclaim</s> in <sn="3605">all</s> their <sn="5892">cities</s>, and in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, Go <sn="3318">forth</s> unto the <sn="2022">mount</s>, and <sn="935">fetch</s><sn="2132">olive</s><sn="5929">branches</s>, and <sn="6086 8081">pine</s><sn="5929">branches</s>, and <sn="1918">myrtle</s><sn="5929">branches</s>, and <sn="8558">palm</s><sn="5929">branches</s>, and <sn="5929">branches</s> of <sn="5687">thick</s><sn="6086">trees</s>, to <sn="6213">make</s><sn="5521">booths</s>, as it is <sn="3789">written</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>So the <sn="5971">people</s> went <sn="3318">forth</s>, and <sn="935">brought</s> them, and <sn="6213">made</s> themselves <sn="5521">booths</s>, every <sn="376">one</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the roof of his <sn="1406">house</s>, and in their <sn="2691">courts</s>, and in the <sn="2691">courts</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, and in the <sn="7339">street</s> of the <sn="4325">water</s><sn="8179">gate</s>, and in the <sn="7339">street</s> of the <sn="8179">gate</s> of <sn="669">Ephraim</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6951">congregation</s> of them that were come <sn="7725">again</s> out <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="7628">captivity</s><sn="6213">made</s><sn="5521">booths</s>, and <sn="3427">sat</s> under the <sn="5521">booths</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> since the <sn="4480 3117">days</s> of <sn="3442">Jeshua</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5126">Nun</s><sn="5704">unto</s><sn="1931">that</s><sn="3117">day</s> had <sn="3808">not</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="6213">done</s><sn="3651">so</s>. And there <sn="1961">was</s><sn="3966">very</s><sn="1419">great</s><sn="8057">gladness</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>Also <sn="3117">day</s> by <sn="3117">day</s>, <sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="7223">first</s><sn="3117">day</s><sn="5704">unto</s> the <sn="314">last</s><sn="3117">day</s>, he <sn="7121">read</s> in the <sn="5612">book</s> of the <sn="8451">law</s> of <sn="430">God</s>. And they <sn="6213">kept</s> the <sn="2282">feast</s><sn="7651">seven</s><sn="3117">days</s>; and on the <sn="8066">eighth</s><sn="3117">day</s> was a solemn <sn="6116">assembly</s>, according unto the <sn="4941">manner</s>. </v>