Nehemiah 8:11

World English Bible (2000)

So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, "Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be grieved."

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  • Num 13:30 : 30 Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, "Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it."

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    7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people [stood] in their place.

    8 They read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.

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    10 Then he said to them, "Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Don't be grieved; for the joy of Yahweh is your strength."

  • Neh 8:12-13
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    12 All the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.

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    21 The children of Israel who were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness; and the Levites and the priests praised Yahweh day by day, [singing] with loud instruments to Yahweh.

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