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Ezra reads the Instruction aloud

When the seventh month[a] came and the people of Israel were settled in their towns, all the people gathered together in the area in front of the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Instruction[b] scroll from Moses, according to which the Lord had instructed Israel.

So on the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the Instruction before the assembly. This assembly was made up of both men and women and anyone who could understand what they heard.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 8:1 September–October, Tishrei
  2. Nehemiah 8:1 Heb Torah

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