Nehemiah 8:5

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Ezra 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.

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  • Judg 3:20 : 20 Ehud then approached him while he was sitting alone in the upper room of his palace, a room designed to stay cool. Ehud said, 'I have a word from God for you.' As the king rose from his seat,
  • 1 Kgs 8:14 : 14 Then the king turned around and gave a blessing to the entire assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood.
  • Luke 4:16-17 : 16 He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up to read. 17 The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written:

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  • Neh 8:6-9
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    83%

    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 8:1-4
    4 verses
    82%

    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.

    2So 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.

    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.

  • Neh 8:12-13
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    75%

    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.

  • Ezra 10:1
    74%

    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.

  • Neh 9:3-5
    3 verses
    74%

    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.

    4Standing on the platform of the Levites were Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and they cried out with a loud voice to the LORD their God.

    5Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said: Stand up and bless the LORD your God who is from everlasting to everlasting. Blessed be Your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

  • Ezra 10:4-7
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    4Arise, for this matter is your responsibility. We are with you, so take courage and act.

    5Then Ezra arose and made the leaders of the priests, Levites, and all Israel take an oath to do what had been said. So they took the oath.

    6Ezra then withdrew from the house of God and went to the room of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. While he was there, he ate no food and drank no water because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.

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

  • Ezra 7:6
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    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.

  • Ezra 7:9-11
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    72%

    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:

  • 2 Chr 34:30
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    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
    71%

    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.

  • Ezra 3:1
    70%

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

  • Esth 8:4
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    4The king extended the golden scepter to Esther, so she arose and stood before the king.

  • Neh 8:16
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    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.

  • Ezra 1:5
    70%

    5Then the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, the priests, and the Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—rose to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.

  • Ezra 10:9-10
    2 verses
    70%

    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.

  • Luke 4:17
    70%

    17The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written:

  • Ezra 7:1
    69%

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

  • Luke 4:20
    69%

    20Then He rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. All the eyes in the synagogue were fixed on Him.

  • 2 Chr 20:19
    69%

    19Then some Levites from the Kohathites and Korahites stood up and praised the LORD, the God of Israel, with a very loud voice.

  • Ezra 10:16
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    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.

  • 1 Kgs 8:52
    68%

    52May Your eyes be open to Your servant’s plea and to the plea of Your people Israel, and may You listen to them whenever they call to You.

  • 2 Chr 6:3
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    3Then the king turned around and blessed the entire assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood.

  • Neh 8:18
    68%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 6:12
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    12Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.

  • 1 Kgs 8:55
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    55He stood and blessed the entire assembly of Israel in a loud voice, saying:

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    40The two thanksgiving choirs stood in the house of God. So did I and half of the officials with me.

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    4When all the elders of Israel arrived, the Levites lifted the ark.

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    4Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel because of this unfaithfulness of the exiles gathered around me as I sat there appalled until the evening sacrifice.

  • 2 Chr 30:27
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    27The priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard them, and their prayer reached His holy dwelling place in heaven.

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    5So they brought what Moses commanded to the front of the Tent of Meeting. Then the entire assembly came near and stood before the LORD.