Verse 3
Nehemiah 8:3
Literal Standard Version
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and he reads in it before the broad place that is before the Water Gate, from the light until the middle of the day, in front of the men, and the women, and those intelligent, and the ears of all the people are toward the Scroll of the Law.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּקְרָא ב/וֹ֩ לִ/פְנֵ֨י הָ/רְח֜וֹב אֲשֶׁ֣ר לִ/פְנֵ֣י שַֽׁעַר הַ/מַּ֗יִם מִן הָ/אוֹר֙ עַד מַחֲצִ֣ית הַ/יּ֔וֹם נֶ֛גֶד הָ/אֲנָשִׁ֥ים וְ/הַ/נָּשִׁ֖ים וְ/הַ/מְּבִינִ֑ים וְ/אָזְנֵ֥י כָל הָ/עָ֖ם אֶל סֵ֥פֶר הַ/תּוֹרָֽה
English Translation
And he cried out to them in the street that is before the Water Gate from morning until midday in front of the men and the women and those who understood, and the ears of all the people were attentively to the Book of the Law.
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Chapter 8 Context
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And Ezra the priest brings the Law before the assembly, both of men and women, and everyone intellig...
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and he reads in it before the broad place that is before the Water Gate, from the light until the mi...
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and Ezra blesses YHWH, the great God (Elohim), and all the people answer, “Amen, Amen,” with lifting...
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and they read in the Scroll, in the Law of God (Elohim), explaining—so as to give the meaning, and t...
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And Nehemiah—he is the Tirshatha—says (and Ezra the priest, the scribe, and the Levites who are inst...
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And the people go out, and bring in, and make for themselves shelters, each on his roof, and in thei...
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