A reading from the book of Nehemiah.

And all the people gathered as one man into the square before the water gate, and they told

Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses that the Lord had commanded Israel.

So Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could

understand what they heard on the first day of the seventh month,

and he read from it facing the square before the water gate from early morning until midday.

In the presence of the men and women and those who could understand,

and the ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law.

And Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden platform that they had made for the purpose.

And beside him stood Matathaya, Shema, Hanea, Uriah, Hylkaya, and Mayasea on his right hand,

and Padaea, Mishael, Malkaja, Hasham, Hashbadina, Zechariah, and Mashulam, on his left hand.

And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people,

for he was above all the people, and as he opened it, all the people stood. And Ezra blessed the

Lord, the great God, and all the people answered, Amen, amen, lifting up their hands,

and they bowed their heads and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground.

Also, Jesua, Benai, Sharabiah, Jamin, Akub, Shabbatai, Haudiah, Mayasea, Kaleida, Azariah.

Josabad Hainan, Palae, the Levites, helped the people to understand the law, while the people remained

in their places. They read from the book, from the law of while the people remained in their places.

They read from the book, from the law of God, clearly, and they gave the sense so that the people understood the reading. And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe,

and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people,

This day is holy to the Lord your God. Do not mourn or weep. For all the people wept as they

heard the words of the law. Then they said to them, go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine

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