Nehemiah 8:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, Be quiet, for the day is holy; do not be grieved.

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  • Num 13:30 : 30 And Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.

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  • Neh 8:7-10
    4 verses
    77%

    7Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites helped the people to understand the law; and the people stood in their place.

    8So they read in the book of the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and helped them to understand the reading.

    9And Nehemiah, who is the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to the LORD your God; do not mourn or weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.

    10Then he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared, for this day is holy to our Lord; do not be sad, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

  • Neh 8:12-13
    2 verses
    76%

    12And all the people went their way to eat and drink, and to send portions, and to make great rejoicing, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.

    13And on the second day, the heads of the fathers' houses of all the people, the priests, and the Levites gathered to Ezra the scribe to study the words of the law.

  • Zeph 1:7
    73%

    7Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD has prepared a sacrifice, He has consecrated His guests.

  • Ezra 3:13
    70%

    13So that the people could not distinguish the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard far away.

  • Deut 27:14
    69%

    14And the Levites shall speak, and say to all the men of Israel with a loud voice,

  • Num 29:35
    69%

    35On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly: you shall do no servile work in it:

  • Hab 2:20
    69%

    20But the LORD is in His holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before Him.

  • Hos 9:5
    69%

    5What will you do in the appointed day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD?

  • Josh 6:10
    69%

    10And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, You shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I tell you to shout; then shall you shout.

  • 2 Chr 30:21-23
    3 verses
    69%

    21And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the LORD.

    22And Hezekiah spoke comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of their fathers.

    23And the whole assembly took counsel to keep another seven days: and they kept another seven days with gladness.

  • 2 Kgs 18:36
    69%

    36But the people kept silent and did not answer him a word, for the king's command was, Do not answer him.

  • Zech 2:13
    68%

    13Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD: for He is raised up out of His holy dwelling.

  • Num 18:5
    68%

    5And you shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.

  • Num 29:12
    68%

    12And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you shall have a holy assembly; you shall do no servile work, and you shall keep a feast to the LORD seven days:

  • 2 Chr 29:5
    68%

    5And said to them, Hear me, Levites, sanctify yourselves now and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry out the filthiness from the holy place.

  • 2 Chr 30:27
    68%

    27Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to His holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.

  • Num 28:25
    68%

    25And on the seventh day you shall have a holy assembly; you shall do no servile work.

  • Neh 12:27
    68%

    27At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to celebrate the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and with harps.

  • 2 Chr 31:4
    68%

    4Moreover, he commanded the people who dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD.

  • Lev 23:28
    68%

    28And you shall do no work in that same day, for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God.

  • Job 13:5
    68%

    5Oh that you would altogether hold your peace, and it should be your wisdom.

  • Neh 8:18
    68%

    18Also day by day, from the first day until the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day there was a solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.

  • 2 Chr 23:6
    67%

    6But let none come into the house of the LORD, except the priests, and those that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.

  • Neh 12:43-44
    2 verses
    67%

    43On that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women and the children also rejoiced; so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.

    44At that time some were appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions required by the Law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites who ministered.

  • Neh 12:47
    67%

    47And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the gatekeepers, every day his portion; and they consecrated holy things to the Levites, and the Levites consecrated them to the children of Aaron.

  • Isa 14:7
    67%

    7The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.

  • Job 29:10
    67%

    10The nobles kept silence, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.

  • Lev 10:3
    67%

    3Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the Lord spoke, saying, 'I will be sanctified in those who come near Me, and before all the people I will be glorified.' And Aaron remained silent.

  • Lev 23:35
    67%

    35On the first day there shall be a holy gathering; you shall do no servile work in it.

  • Neh 8:1
    67%

    1And all the people gathered themselves together as one person in the street before the Water Gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.

  • Lev 23:7
    67%

    7On the first day you shall have a holy gathering: you shall do no servile work in it.

  • Num 28:18
    67%

    18On the first day shall be a holy assembly; you shall do no servile work therein:

  • 2 Chr 5:11
    67%

    11And it came to pass, when the priests came out of the holy place (for all the priests that were present had sanctified themselves, and did not wait by order:

  • Jer 16:9
    67%

    9For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will cause to cease from this place before your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.

  • Lev 8:34
    67%

    34As he has done this day, so the LORD has commanded to do, to make atonement for you.

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    67%

    5The Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, 'Stand up and bless the LORD your God forever and ever; and blessed be Your glorious name, exalted above all blessing and praise.'

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    67%

    8The mirth of tambourines ceases, the noise of those who rejoice ends, the joy of the harp ceases.

  • Deut 27:9
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    9And Moses and the priests the Levites spoke to all Israel, saying, Take heed, and listen, O Israel; today you have become the people of the LORD your God.

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    14The LORD shall fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.

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    28And I said to them, You are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the LORD God of your fathers.

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    53But the Levites shall encamp around the tabernacle of testimony, so that no wrath may come upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep charge of the tabernacle of testimony.

  • Isa 36:21
    67%

    21But they held their peace and answered him not a word, for the king's order was, Do not answer him.