Holy Bible
(King James Version)
Nehemiah:
Chapter 8
1. AND
all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street
that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to
bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to
Israel.
2. 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.
3. And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate
from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those
that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive
unto the book of the law.
4. And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made
for the purpose; and beside him stood Mat-ti-thi-ah, and Shema, and A-nai-ah,
and U-ri-jah, and Hil-ki-ah, and Ma-a-sei-ah, on his right hand; and on
his left hand, Pe-dai-ah, and Mi-sha-el, and Mal-chi-ah, and Hashum, and
Hash-ba-da-na, Zech-a-ri-ah, and Me-shul-lam.
5. And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was
above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:
6. And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people
answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their
heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
7. Also Jesh-u-a, and Bani, and Sher-e-bi-ah, Jamin, Akkub, Shab-be-thai,
Ho-di-jah, Ma-a-sei-ah, Ke-li-ta, Az-a-ri-ah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pe-lai-ah,
and the Livites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people
stood in their place.
8. So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the
sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
9. And Nehemiah, which is Tir-sha-tha, and Ezra the priest the scribe,
and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This
day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all
the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
10. Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the
sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for
this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the
LORD is your strength.
11. So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for
the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
12. And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send
portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words
that were declared unto them.
13. And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the
fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the
scribe, even to understand the words of the law.
14. And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by
Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast
of the seventh month:
15. And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and
in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches,
and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches
of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.
16. So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves
booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and
in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate,
and in the street of the gate of E-phra-im.
17. And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the
captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of
Jesh-u-a the son of Num unto that day had not the children of Israel
done so. And there was very great gladness.
18. Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in
the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days;
and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.
June 17 Daily reading schedule.. go to chapter 9
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