Nehemiah 8:9

Then Nehemiah—he, was the governor—and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites who were causing the people to understand, said unto all the people, To-day, is, holy, unto Yahweh your God, do not mourn, nor weep,—for, weeping, were all the people, when they heard the words of the law.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, 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.

In Context

8So they read in the book of the law of God, distinctly,—and, giving the sense, caused them to understand the reading.

10So 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 holy is the day, unto our Lord,—and be not grieved, for, the joy of Yahweh, is your strength.

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Cross References

Numbers 29:1And in the seventh month, on the first of the month, a holy convocation, shall there be unto you, no laborious work, shall ye do,—a day of loud acclamation, shall it be unto you.

Deuteronomy 12:12So shall ye rejoice before Yahweh your God, Ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your servants and your handmaids,—and the Levite that is within your gates, forasmuch as he hath neither portion nor inheritance with you.

Deuteronomy 16:14And thou shalt rejoice in thy festival,—thou, and thy son and thy daughter, and thy servant and thy handmaid, and the Levite and the sojourner, and the fatherless and the widow, who are within thy gates.

2 Kings 22:11And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.

2 Chronicles 15:3Now, many days, had Israel been,—without the faithful God, and without a teaching priest, and without the law;

2 Chronicles 34:19And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.

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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