Verse 8

Nehemiah 8:8

Literal Standard Version

8 and they read in the Scroll, in the Law of God (Elohim), explaining—so as to give the meaning, and they give understanding to the convocation.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַֽ/יִּקְרְא֥וּ בַ/סֵּ֛פֶר בְּ/תוֹרַ֥ת הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים מְפֹרָ֑שׁ וְ/שׂ֣וֹם שֶׂ֔כֶל וַ/יָּבִ֖ינוּ בַּ/מִּקְרָֽא

English Translation

And they read from the book of the law of God clearly and gave the sense, and they understood the reading.

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Chapter 8 Context

1 And all the people are gathered as one man to the broad place that is before the Water Gate, and the... Focus ↗

2 And Ezra the priest brings the Law before the assembly, both of men and women, and everyone intellig... Focus ↗

3 and he reads in it before the broad place that is before the Water Gate, from the light until the mi... Focus ↗

4 And Ezra the scribe stands on a tower of wood that they made for the purpose, and Mattithiah stands... Focus ↗

5 And Ezra opens the scroll before the eyes of all the people—for he has been above all the people—and... Focus ↗

6 and Ezra blesses YHWH, the great God (Elohim), and all the people answer, “Amen, Amen,” with lifting... Focus ↗

7 And Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, J... Focus ↗

8 and they read in the Scroll, in the Law of God (Elohim), explaining—so as to give the meaning, and t...

9 And Nehemiah—he is the Tirshatha—says (and Ezra the priest, the scribe, and the Levites who are inst... Focus ↗

10 And he says to them, “Go, eat fat things, and drink sweet things, and send portions to him for whom... Focus ↗

11 And the Levites are keeping all the people silent, saying, “Be silent, for today is holy, and do not... Focus ↗

12 And all the people go to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great joy, because the... Focus ↗

13 And on the second day have been gathered heads of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and th... Focus ↗

14 And they find written in the Law that YHWH commanded by the hand of Moses, that the sons of Israel d... Focus ↗

15 and that they proclaim and cause to pass over all their cities (and in Jerusalem), saying, “Go out t... Focus ↗

16 And the people go out, and bring in, and make for themselves shelters, each on his roof, and in thei... Focus ↗

17 And they make—all the assembly of the captives of the captivity—shelters, and they sit in shelters;... Focus ↗

18 And he reads in the Scroll of the Law of God (Elohim) day by day, from the first day until the last... Focus ↗

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