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Now, as God’s law was read, the people began to weep. But Nehemiah (the Persians’ appointed governor),[a] Ezra the priest and scribe, and all the ministering Levites said to the people,

Leaders: This day is sacred to the Eternal One, your God. It is not a day for mourning and weeping.

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Footnotes

  1. 8:9 Hebrew, the Tirshatha

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