Nehemiah 8:5

וַיִּפְתַּח עֶזְרָא הַסֵּפֶר לְעֵינֵי כָל ־ הָעָם כִּֽי ־ מֵעַל כָּל ־ הָעָם הָיָה וּכְפִתְחוֹ עָֽמְדוּ כָל ־ הָעָֽם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

4וַֽיַּעֲמֹד עֶזְרָא הַסֹּפֵר עַֽל ־ מִגְדַּל ־ עֵץ אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ לַדָּבָר וַיַּֽעֲמֹד אֶצְלוֹ מַתִּתְיָה וְשֶׁמַע וַעֲנָיָה וְאוּרִיָּה וְחִלְקִיָּה וּמַעֲשֵׂיָה עַל ־ יְמִינוֹ וּמִשְּׂמֹאלוֹ פְּדָיָה וּמִֽישָׁאֵל וּמַלְכִּיָּה וְחָשֻׁם וְחַשְׁבַּדָּנָה זְכַרְיָה מְשֻׁלָּֽם ׃ פ

6וַיְבָרֶךְ עֶזְרָא אֶת ־ יְהוָה הָאֱלֹהִים הַגָּדוֹל וַיַּֽעֲנוּ כָל ־ הָעָם אָמֵן ׀ אָמֵן בְּמֹעַל יְדֵיהֶם וַיִּקְּדוּ וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲוֻּ לַיהוָה אַפַּיִם אָֽרְצָה ׃

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Cross References

Judges 3:20וְאֵהוּד ׀ בָּא אֵלָיו וְהֽוּא ־ יֹשֵׁב בַּעֲלִיַּת הַמְּקֵרָה אֲשֶׁר ־ לוֹ לְבַדּוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר אֵהוּד דְּבַר ־ אֱלֹהִים לִי אֵלֶיךָ וַיָּקָם מֵעַל הַכִּסֵּֽא ׃

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 →

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