Nehemiah 8:8
And they read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.
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2 Kings 23:2And the king went up to the house of Jehovah, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of Jehovah.
Nehemiah 9:3And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of Jehovah their God a fourth part of the day; and [another] fourth part they confessed, and worshipped Jehovah their God.
Habakkuk 2:2And Jehovah answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets, that he may run that readeth it.
Matthew 5:27Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
Luke 24:32And they said one to another, Was not our heart burning within us, while he spake to us in the way, while he opened to us the scriptures?
Acts 8:30And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 8:2-9
The Explanation of the Law. ( b. c. 444.) 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… Read the whole commentary →