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Nehemiah 8:2
On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could listen and understand.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brings the Law before the assembled men, women, and all who can listen and understand.
The words — הַתּוֹרָה (ha-torah) denotes the written covenant instruction, and הַקָּהָל (ha-qahal) designates the formal public assembly summoned for this occasion.
The thread — This gathering fulfills the first-day sacred assemblies commanded in Leviticus 23:24 and Numbers 29:1, while the priestly delivery of instruction reflects the mandate in Malachi 2:7.
Why it lands — The text requires the community to gather and listen to the written instruction, establishing public reading as the mechanism for communal understanding.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.
Cross-references
- Leviticus 23:24 “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly announced by trumpet blasts.
- Malachi 2:7 For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.
- Numbers 29:1 “On the first day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This will be a day for you to sound the trumpets.
- Deuteronomy 17:18 When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.
- Deuteronomy 31:9 So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.
- Isaiah 28:9 Whom is He trying to teach? To whom is He explaining His message? To infants just weaned from milk? To babies removed from the breast?
- Acts 15:21 For Moses has been proclaimed in every city from ancient times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”
- 2 Chronicles 17:7 In the third year of his reign, Jehoshaphat sent his officials Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah,