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And beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right hand; and Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, <i>and</i> Meshullam on his left hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then Ezra blessed Yahweh the great God. And all the people answered, “Amen, Amen!” while lifting up their hands; then they bowed low and worshiped Yahweh with <i>their</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>faces to the ground. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites, were providing understanding of the law to the people while the people <i>stood</i> in their place. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>They read from the book, from the law of God, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>explaining and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>giving insight, and they provided understanding of the reading. <p class="hdg">This Day Is Holy</p><p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then Nehemiah, who was the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>governor, and Ezra the priest <i>and</i> scribe, and the Levites, who provided the people with understanding, said to all the people, “This day is holy to Yahweh your God; do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping when they heard the words of the law. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then he said to them, “Go, eat of the fat, drink of the sweet, and send portions to him who has nothing prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>So the Levites quieted all the people, saying, “Be still, for the day is holy; do not be grieved.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then all the people went away to eat, to drink, to send portions, and to celebrate with great gladness, because they understood the words which had been made known to them. <p class="hdg">Feast of Booths Restored</p><p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then on the second day the heads of fathers’ <i>households</i> of all the people, the priests and the Levites were gathered to Ezra the scribe that they might gain insight into the words of the law. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>They found written in the law how Yahweh had commanded by the hand of Moses that the sons of Israel should live in booths during the feast of the seventh month, <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>and that they should make the report heard and make a proclamation <i>of it</i> pass throughout all their cities and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hills, and bring olive branches and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>wild olive branches, myrtle branches, palm branches, and branches of <i>other</i> leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So the people went out and brought <i>them</i> and made booths for themselves, each on his roof, and in their courts and in the courts of the house of God, and in the square at the Water Gate and in the square at the Gate of Ephraim. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The entire assembly of those who had returned from the captivity made booths and lived in the booths. The sons of Israel had indeed not done so from the days of Joshua the son of Nun to that day. And there was exceedingly great gladness. <span class="reftext"><a href="/nehemiah/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And he read from the book of the law of God daily, from the first day to the last day. And they celebrated the feast seven days, and on the eighth day <i>there was</i> a solemn assembly according to the <i>legal</i> judgment.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">3</span> Lit <i>the light</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Lit <i>noses</i><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> Or <i>translating</i><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> Or <i>giving the sense</i><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> Heb <i>Tirshatha</i>, a Persian title<br><span class="fnverse">15</span> Lit <i>oil tree</i>, species unknown<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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