Verse 9

And Nehemiah{H5166}, which is the Tirshatha{H8660}, and Ezra{H5830} the priest{H3548} the scribe{H5608}{(H8802)}, and the Levites{H3881} that taught{H995}{(H8688)} the people{H5971}, said{H559}{(H8799)} unto all the people{H5971}, This day{H3117} is holy{H6918} unto the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}; mourn{H56}{(H8691)} not, nor weep{H1058}{(H8799)}. For all the people{H5971} wept{H1058}{(H8802)}, when they heard{H8085}{(H8800)} the words{H1697} of the law{H8451}.

Referenced Verses

  • Neh 7:65 : 65 And the Tirshatha{H8660} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, that they should not eat{H398}{(H8799)} of the most{H6944} holy things{H6944}, till there stood{H5975}{(H8800)} up a priest{H3548} with Urim{H224} and Thummim{H8550}.
  • Neh 7:70 : 70 And some of{H7117} the chief{H7218} of the fathers{H1} gave{H5414}{(H8804)} unto the work{H4399}. The Tirshatha{H8660} gave{H5414}{(H8804)} to the treasure{H214} a thousand{H505} drams{H1871} of gold{H2091}, fifty{H2572} basons{H4219}, five{H2568} hundred{H3967} and thirty{H7970} priests{H3548}' garments{H3801}.
  • Neh 8:2 : 2 And Ezra{H5830} the priest{H3548} brought{H935}{(H8686)} the law{H8451} before{H6440} the congregation{H6951} both of men{H376} and women{H802}, and all that could hear{H8085}{(H8800)} with understanding{H995}{(H8688)}, upon the first{H259} day{H3117} of the seventh{H7637} month{H2320}.
  • Deut 12:7 : 7 And there ye shall eat{H398}{(H8804)} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}, and ye shall rejoice{H8055}{(H8804)} in all that ye put{H4916} your hand{H3027} unto, ye and your households{H1004}, wherein the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} hath blessed{H1288}{(H8765)} thee.
  • Deut 12:12 : 12 And ye shall rejoice{H8055}{(H8804)} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}, ye, and your sons{H1121}, and your daughters{H1323}, and your menservants{H5650}, and your maidservants{H519}, and the Levite{H3881} that is within your gates{H8179}; forasmuch{H3588} as he hath no part{H2506} nor inheritance{H5159} with you.
  • Deut 16:11 : 11 And thou shalt rejoice{H8055}{(H8804)} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, thou, and thy son{H1121}, and thy daughter{H1323}, and thy manservant{H5650}, and thy maidservant{H519}, and the Levite{H3881} that is within thy gates{H8179}, and the stranger{H1616}, and the fatherless{H3490}, and the widow{H490}, that are among{H7130} you, in the place{H4725} which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} hath chosen{H977}{(H8799)} to place{H7931}{(H8763)} his name{H8034} there.
  • Deut 16:14-15 : 14 And thou shalt rejoice{H8055}{(H8804)} in thy feast{H2282}, thou, and thy son{H1121}, and thy daughter{H1323}, and thy manservant{H5650}, and thy maidservant{H519}, and the Levite{H3881}, the stranger{H1616}, and the fatherless{H3490}, and the widow{H490}, that are within thy gates{H8179}. 15 Seven{H7651} days{H3117} shalt thou keep a solemn feast{H2287}{(H8799)} unto the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} in the place{H4725} which the LORD{H3068} shall choose{H977}{(H8799)}: because the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} shall bless{H1288}{(H8762)} thee in all thine increase{H8393}, and in all the works{H4639} of thine hands{H3027}, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice{H8056}.
  • Lev 23:24 : 24 Speak{H1696}{(H8761)} unto the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, In the seventh{H7637} month{H2320}, in the first{H259} day of the month{H2320}, shall ye have a sabbath{H7677}, a memorial{H2146} of blowing{H8643} of trumpets, an holy{H6944} convocation{H4744}.
  • Ezra 2:63 : 63 And the Tirshatha{H8660} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, that they should not eat{H398}{(H8799)} of the most{H6944} holy things{H6944}, till there stood up{H5975}{(H8800)} a priest{H3548} with Urim{H224} and with Thummim{H8550}.
  • Eccl 3:4 : 4 A time{H6256} to weep{H1058}{(H8800)}, and a time{H6256} to laugh{H7832}{(H8800)}; a time{H6256} to mourn{H5594}{(H8800)}, and a time{H6256} to dance{H7540}{(H8800)};
  • Neh 10:1 : 1 Now those that sealed{H2856}{(H8803)} were, Nehemiah{H5166}, the Tirshatha{H8660}, the son{H1121} of Hachaliah{H2446}, and Zidkijah{H6667},
  • Neh 12:26 : 26 These were in the days{H3117} of Joiakim{H3113} the son{H1121} of Jeshua{H3442}, the son{H1121} of Jozadak{H3136}, and in the days{H3117} of Nehemiah{H5166} the governor{H6346}, and of Ezra{H5830} the priest{H3548}, the scribe{H5608}{(H8802)}.
  • Isa 61:3 : 3 To appoint{H7760}{(H8800)} unto them that mourn{H57} in Zion{H6726}, to give{H5414}{(H8800)} unto them beauty{H6287} for ashes{H665}, the oil{H8081} of joy{H8342} for mourning{H60}, the garment{H4594} of praise{H8416} for the spirit{H7307} of heaviness{H3544}; that they might be called{H7121}{(H8795)} trees{H352} of righteousness{H6664}, the planting{H4302} of the LORD{H3068}, that he might be glorified{H6286}{(H8692)}.
  • Hos 4:6 : 6 My people{H5971} are destroyed{H1820}{(H8738)} for lack of knowledge{H1847}: because thou hast rejected{H3988}{(H8804)} knowledge{H1847}, I will also reject{H3988}{(H8799)} thee, that thou shalt be no priest{H3547}{(H8763)} to me: seeing thou hast forgotten{H7911}{(H8799)} the law{H8451} of thy God{H430}, I will also forget{H7911}{(H8799)} thy children{H1121}.
  • Mal 2:13 : 13 And this have ye done{H6213}{(H8799)} again{H8145}, covering{H3680}{(H8763)} the altar{H4196} of the LORD{H3068} with tears{H1832}, with weeping{H1065}, and with crying out{H603}, insomuch that he regardeth{H6437}{(H8800)} not the offering{H4503} any more, or receiveth{H3947}{(H8800)} it with good will{H7522} at your hand{H3027}.
  • Rom 3:20 : 20 Therefore{G1360} by{G1537} the deeds{G2041} of the law{G3551} there shall{G1344} no{G3956}{G3756} flesh{G4561} be justified{G1344}{(G5701)} in his{G846} sight{G1799}: for{G1063} by{G1223} the law{G3551} is the knowledge{G1922} of sin{G266}.
  • Rom 7:9 : 9 For{G1161} I{G1473} was alive{G2198}{(G5707)} without{G5565} the law{G3551} once{G4218}: but{G1161} when the commandment{G1785} came{G2064}{(G5631)}, sin{G266} revived{G326}{(G5656)}, and{G1161} I{G1473} died{G599}{(G5627)}.
  • 2 Cor 7:9-9 : 9 Now{G3568} I rejoice{G5463}{(G5719)}, not{G3756} that{G3754} ye were made sorry{G3076}{(G5681)}, but{G235} that{G3754} ye sorrowed{G3076}{(G5681)} to{G1519} repentance{G3341}: for{G1063} ye were made sorry{G3076}{(G5681)} after{G2596} a godly manner{G2316}, that{G2443} ye might receive damage{G2210}{(G5686)} by{G1537} us{G2257} in{G1722} nothing{G3367}. 10 For{G1063} godly{G2316}{G2596} sorrow{G3077} worketh{G2716}{(G5736)} repentance{G3341} to{G1519} salvation{G4991} not to be repented of{G278}: but{G1161} the sorrow{G3077} of the world{G2889} worketh{G2716}{(G5736)} death{G2288}. 11 For{G1063} behold{G2400}{(G5628)} this{G5124} selfsame thing{G846}, that{G5209} ye sorrowed{G3076}{(G5683)} after{G2596} a godly sort{G2316}, what{G4214} carefulness{G4710} it wrought{G2716}{(G5662)} in you{G5213}, yea{G235}, what clearing of yourselves{G627}, yea{G235}, what indignation{G24}, yea{G235}, what fear{G5401}, yea{G235}, what vehement desire{G1972}, yea{G235}, what zeal{G2205}, yea{G235}, what revenge{G1557}! In{G1722} all{G3956} things ye have approved{G4921}{(G5656)} yourselves{G1438} to be{G1511}{(G5750)} clear{G53} in{G1722} this matter{G4229}.
  • Ezra 7:11 : 11 Now this is the copy{H6572} of the letter{H5406} that the king{H4428} Artaxerxes{H783} gave{H5414}{(H8804)} unto Ezra{H5830} the priest{H3548}, the scribe{H5608}{(H8802)}, even a scribe{H5608}{(H8802)} of the words{H1697} of the commandments{H4687} of the LORD{H3068}, and of his statutes{H2706} to Israel{H3478}.
  • Num 29:1-6 : 1 And in the seventh{H7637} month{H2320}, on the first{H259} day of the month{H2320}, ye shall have an holy{H6944} convocation{H4744}; ye shall do{H6213}{(H8799)} no servile{H5656} work{H4399}: it is a day{H3117} of blowing{H8643} the trumpets unto you. 2 And ye shall offer{H6213}{(H8804)} a burnt offering{H5930} for a sweet{H5207} savour{H7381} unto the LORD{H3068}; one{H259} young{H1241} bullock{H6499}, one{H259} ram{H352}, and seven{H7651} lambs{H3532} of the first{H1121} year{H8141} without blemish{H8549}: 3 And their meat offering{H4503} shall be of flour{H5560} mingled{H1101}{(H8803)} with oil{H8081}, three{H7969} tenth deals{H6241} for a bullock{H6499}, and two{H8147} tenth deals{H6241} for a ram{H352}, 4 And one{H259} tenth deal{H6241} for one{H259} lamb{H3532}, throughout the seven{H7651} lambs{H3532}: 5 And one{H259} kid{H8163} of the goats{H5795} for a sin offering{H2403}, to make an atonement{H3722}{(H8763)} for you: 6 Beside the burnt offering{H5930} of the month{H2320}, and his meat offering{H4503}, and the daily{H8548} burnt offering{H5930}, and his meat offering{H4503}, and their drink offerings{H5262}, according unto their manner{H4941}, for a sweet{H5207} savour{H7381}, a sacrifice made by fire{H801} unto the LORD{H3068}.
  • Neh 8:7-8 : 7 Also Jeshua{H3442}, and Bani{H1137}, and Sherebiah{H8274}, Jamin{H3226}, Akkub{H6126}, Shabbethai{H7678}, Hodijah{H1941}, Maaseiah{H4641}, Kelita{H7042}, Azariah{H5838}, Jozabad{H3107}, Hanan{H2605}, Pelaiah{H6411}, and the Levites{H3881}, caused the people{H5971} to understand{H995}{(H8688)} the law{H8451}: and the people{H5971} stood in their place{H5977}. 8 So they read{H7121}{(H8799)} in the book{H5612} in the law{H8451} of God{H430} distinctly{H6567}{(H8794)}, and gave{H7760}{(H8800)} the sense{H7922}, and caused them to understand{H995}{(H8799)} the reading{H4744}.
  • Deut 26:14 : 14 I have not eaten{H398}{(H8804)} thereof in my mourning{H205}, neither have I taken away{H1197}{(H8765)} ought thereof for any unclean{H2931} use, nor given{H5414}{(H8804)} ought thereof for the dead{H4191}{(H8801)}: but I have hearkened{H8085}{(H8804)} to the voice{H6963} of the LORD{H3068} my God{H430}, and have done{H6213}{(H8804)} according to all that thou hast commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} me.
  • 2 Kgs 22:11 : 11 And it came to pass, when the king{H4428} had heard{H8085}{(H8800)} the words{H1697} of the book{H5612} of the law{H8451}, that he rent{H7167}{(H8799)} his clothes{H899}.
  • 2 Kgs 22:19 : 19 Because thine heart{H3824} was tender{H7401}{(H8804)}, and thou hast humbled{H3665}{(H8735)} thyself before{H6440} the LORD{H3068}, when thou heardest{H8085}{(H8800)} what I spake{H1696}{(H8765)} against this place{H4725}, and against the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} thereof, that they should become a desolation{H8047} and a curse{H7045}, and hast rent{H7167}{(H8799)} thy clothes{H899}, and wept{H1058}{(H8799)} before{H6440} me; I also have heard{H8085}{(H8804)} thee, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.
  • 2 Chr 15:3 : 3 Now for a long{H7227} season{H3117} Israel{H3478} hath been without{H3808} the true{H571} God{H430}, and without a teaching{H3384}{(H8688)} priest{H3548}, and without law{H8451}.
  • 2 Chr 30:22 : 22 And Hezekiah{H3169} spake{H1696}{(H8762)} comfortably{H3820} unto all the Levites{H3881} that taught{H7919}{(H8688)} the good{H2896} knowledge{H7922} of the LORD{H3068}: and they did eat{H398}{(H8799)} throughout the feast{H4150} seven{H7651} days{H3117}, offering{H2076}{(H8764)} peace{H8002} offerings{H2077}, and making confession{H3034}{(H8693)} to the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of their fathers{H1}.
  • 2 Chr 34:19 : 19 And it came to pass, when the king{H4428} had heard{H8085}{(H8800)} the words{H1697} of the law{H8451}, that he rent{H7167}{(H8799)} his clothes{H899}.
  • 2 Chr 34:21 : 21 Go{H3212}{(H8798)}, enquire{H1875}{(H8798)} of the LORD{H3068} for me, and for them that are left{H7604}{(H8737)} in Israel{H3478} and in Judah{H3063}, concerning the words{H1697} of the book{H5612} that is found{H4672}{(H8738)}: for great{H1419} is the wrath{H2534} of the LORD{H3068} that is poured out{H5413}{(H8738)} upon us, because our fathers{H1} have not kept{H8104}{(H8804)} the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068}, to do{H6213}{(H8800)} after all that is written{H3789}{(H8803)} in this book{H5612}.
  • 2 Chr 35:3 : 3 And said{H559}{(H8799)} unto the Levites{H3881} that taught{H995}{(H8688)}{(H8675)}{H4000} all Israel{H3478}, which were holy{H6918} unto the LORD{H3068}, Put{H5414}{(H8798)} the holy{H6944} ark{H727} in the house{H1004} which Solomon{H8010} the son{H1121} of David{H1732} king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} did build{H1129}{(H8804)}; it shall not be a burden{H4853} upon your shoulders{H3802}: serve{H5647}{(H8798)} now the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}, and his people{H5971} Israel{H3478},