Nehemiah.
Nehemiah KWL.
Nehemiah 8.
1 All the people gathered, like one man, at the broad street facing the Water Gate.
They told the scribe Ezra to bring Moses’s Law scroll, which the LORD ordered Israel to keep.
2 The priest Ezra brought the Law to the assembly of men and women.
All understood they were to hear it on 1 Tishrei [Rosh Hashanah].
3 Ezra proclaimed it at the broad street facing the Water Gate from first light to midday,
facing the men and women and the attentive.
All the people’s ears listened to the Law scroll.
4 The scribe Ezra stood on a tower of trees they’d made for the message.
Mattitya, Šema, Anaya, Uriya, Khilqiyya, and Mahašaya stood beside him at his right.
Pedaya, Mišael, Malkiya, Khašum, Khašbaddana, Zekhariya, and Mešullam were at his left.
5 Ezra opened the scroll before everyone’s eyes, for he was standing above everyone.
As he opened it, everyone stood.
6 Ezra blessed the great LORD God, and everyone answered, “Amen amen,” while lifting their hands.
They bowed to worship the LORD, noses to the ground.
7 Yešua, Vani, Šerveya, Yamin, Aqquv, Šabtay, Hodiya, Mahašeya, Qelita, Azarya,
Yozavad, Khanan, Pelaya, and the Levites who understood the Law,
helped the people with the Law—the people at their stations.
8 They proclaimed the scroll, God’s law, distinctly.
They made sense of it. Those in the assembly understood.
10 “Go celebrate. Have a feast: Rich foods, sweet drinks,
gifts of food for those who have nothing prepared.
This is a holy day before our Master. Don’t be depressed and sad!
The LORD’s joy is your strength!”