Nehemiah 8:2

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So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, which included men, women, and all who could understand what they heard. This happened on the first day of the seventh month.

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  • Lev 23:24 : 24 Speak to the Israelites and tell them: In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall hold a day of rest, a memorial with trumpet blasts, a sacred assembly.
  • Num 29:1 : 1 In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall hold a sacred assembly. You shall do no regular work. It shall be a day of trumpet blasts for you.
  • Deut 17:18 : 18 When he takes the throne of his kingdom, he is to write for himself on a scroll a copy of this law, taken from that of the Levitical priests.
  • Deut 31:9-9 : 9 So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel. 10 Then Moses commanded them, saying, 'At the end of every seven years, in the appointed time of the year of release, during the Festival of Tabernacles, 11 when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God at the place he will choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing.' 12 Assemble the people—men, women, children, and the foreigners residing in your towns—so they can listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and carefully follow all the words of this law. 13 And their children, who do not know it yet, will hear it and learn to fear the LORD your God as long as you live in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.
  • Isa 28:9 : 9 Who is He trying to teach knowledge to? Who is He explaining His message to? To those just weaned from milk, those just taken from the breast?
  • Mal 2:7 : 7 For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts.
  • Acts 15:21 : 21 For Moses has had those who proclaim him in every city from ancient generations, being read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.
  • 2 Chr 17:7-9 : 7 In the third year of his reign, he sent his officials—Ben-Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah—to teach in the cities of Judah. 8 With them were the Levites—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-Adonijah—along with the priests Elishama and Jehoram. 9 They taught in Judah, taking with them the Book of the Law of the LORD. They went around to all the cities of Judah and instructed the people.

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  • Neh 8:1
    84%

    1All the people gathered together as one in the open square in front of the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.

  • Neh 8:12-14
    3 verses
    83%

    12Then all the people went to eat, drink, send portions of food, and celebrate with great joy because they understood the words that had been made known to them.

    13On the second day, the heads of the families of all the people, along with the priests and Levites, gathered around Ezra the scribe to gain insight into the words of the Law.

    14They found written in the Law, which the LORD had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to dwell in booths during the festival of the seventh month.

  • Neh 8:3-9
    7 verses
    83%

    3He read from it in the open square before the Water Gate, from daybreak until midday, in the presence of the men, women, and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.

    4Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden platform made for this purpose. Beside him on his right stood Mattithiah, Shema, Ananiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah; and on his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malkijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

    5Ezra opened the book in full view of all the people because he was standing above them. As he opened it, all the people stood up.

    6Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and all the people responded, 'Amen, Amen,' lifting up their hands. Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

    7The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—helped the people understand the Law as they stood in their places.

    8They read from the Book of the Law of God, making it clear and giving the meaning so that the people could understand what was being read.

    9Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all of them, 'This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.' For all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the Law.

  • Neh 8:16-18
    3 verses
    76%

    16So the people went out, brought back branches, and built booths for themselves on their roofs, in their courtyards, in the courtyards of the house of God, in the square by the Water Gate, and in the square by the Gate of Ephraim.

    17The whole assembly of those who had returned from exile built booths and lived in them. From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated it like this, and their joy was very great.

    18Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. They celebrated the festival for seven days, and on the eighth day, there was a solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.

  • Ezra 7:6-11
    6 verses
    74%

    6this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the Law of Moses, which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted him everything he had requested because the hand of the Lord his God was upon him.

    7Some of the people of Israel, as well as some of the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants, also went up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.

    8Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king.

    9On the first day of the first month, the journey from Babylon began, and on the first day of the fifth month, he arrived in Jerusalem, for the gracious hand of his God was upon him.

    10For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, to observe it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.

    11This is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, a scribe skilled in the commandments of the Lord and His statutes for Israel:

  • Ezra 10:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9So, within three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin had gathered in Jerusalem. It was the twentieth day of the ninth month, and all the people sat in the square before the house of God, trembling because of the matter and because of the heavy rain.

    10Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, "You have been unfaithful; you have married foreign women, adding to Israel's guilt.

  • Ezra 3:1
    73%

    1When the seventh month came, and the Israelites were in their cities, the people gathered together as one in Jerusalem.

  • Ezra 10:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16So the exiles did as proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were heads of families, each identified by name, to investigate the matter; they convened on the first day of the tenth month to begin their investigation.

    17By the first day of the first month, they had finished dealing with all the men who had married foreign women.

  • Ezra 10:1
    73%

    1While Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping, and falling facedown in front of the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, because the people were weeping bitterly.

  • Deut 31:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God at the place he will choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing.'

    12Assemble the people—men, women, children, and the foreigners residing in your towns—so they can listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and carefully follow all the words of this law.

  • Ezra 7:25-26
    2 verses
    71%

    25And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, are to appoint judges and magistrates who can judge all the people in the region beyond the River—all those who know the laws of your God. And for anyone who does not know them, you shall teach them.

    26Anyone who does not obey the law of your God and the law of the king shall face judgment promptly, whether it be death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.

  • 2 Chr 5:3
    70%

    3All the men of Israel came together before the king at the festival in the seventh month.

  • Neh 10:28
    70%

    28Malluch, Harim, and Baanah.

  • Ezra 10:7
    70%

    7A proclamation was then issued throughout Judah and Jerusalem for all the exiles to assemble in Jerusalem.

  • Ezra 10:3
    69%

    3So now, let us make a covenant with our God to send away all these women and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done in accordance with the Law.

  • 1 Kgs 8:2
    69%

    2All the men of Israel gathered before King Solomon in the month of Ethanim, during the feast, which is the seventh month.

  • Josh 8:34-35
    2 verses
    69%

    34Afterward, Joshua read aloud all the words of the law—the blessings and the curses—just as it is written in the Book of the Law.

    35Not a single word of all that Moses had commanded was omitted; Joshua read it all to the entire assembly of Israel, including the women, the children, and the foreigners living among them.

  • 2 Chr 34:30
    68%

    30The king went up to the house of the LORD with all the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests, the Levites, and all the people, from the greatest to the least. He read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.

  • 2 Kgs 23:2
    68%

    2The king went up to the house of the Lord, along with all the men of Judah, all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests, the prophets, and all the people, from the youngest to the oldest. There, he read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant, which had been found in the house of the Lord.

  • Neh 9:3
    68%

    3They stood in their places and read from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for a quarter of the day, and for another quarter, they confessed and worshiped the LORD their God.

  • Ezra 7:1
    68%

    1After these events, during the reign of Artaxerxes, king of Persia, Ezra, the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah—

  • Ezra 8:15
    68%

    15I gathered them at the river that flows to Ahava, and we camped there for three days. I observed the people and the priests, but I found no Levites there.

  • Ezra 7:21
    68%

    21And I, King Artaxerxes, hereby issue a command to all the treasurers of the region beyond the river: Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, may request of you, it must be done promptly,

  • Num 29:1
    67%

    1In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall hold a sacred assembly. You shall do no regular work. It shall be a day of trumpet blasts for you.

  • 2 Chr 7:9
    67%

    9On the eighth day, they held a solemn assembly, for they had celebrated the dedication of the altar for seven days and the festival for seven days more.

  • Hag 1:15
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    15On the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.