⁷³ The priests, Levites, gatekeepers, temple singers, some of the people, temple servants, and all Israel settled in their towns.^(A)

Public Reading of the Law

When the seventh month^(B) came and the Israelites had settled in their towns,

² On the first day of the seventh month,^(A) the priest Ezra^(B) brought the law^(C) before the assembly of men, women, and all who could listen with understanding.