1 Now all Ezra 3:1the people gathered together as one man in the open square that wasNeh. 3:26in front of the Water Gate; and they told Ezra the Ezra 7:6scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded Israel. 2 So Ezra the priest brought (Deut. 31:11, 12); Neh. 8:9the Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could hear with understanding Lev. 23:24; Num. 29:1–6on the first day of the seventh month. 3 Then he Deut. 31:9–11; 2 Kin. 23:2read from it in the open square that was in front of the Water Gate from morning until midday, before the men and women and those who could understand; and the ears of all the people wereattentive to the Book of the Law.
8 So they read distinctly from the book, in the Law of God; and they gave the sense, and helped them to understand the reading.
9 Ezra 2:63; Neh. 7:65, 70; 10:1And Nehemiah, who was the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, Lev. 23:24; Num. 29:1"This day is holy to the Lord your God; Deut. 16:14; Eccl. 3:4do not mourn nor weep." For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the Law.