Nehemiah Chapter 8 - King James Strong Number Version

1: And all the people <H5971> gathered <H0622> themselves together as one <H0259> man <H0376> into the street <H7339> that [was] before <H6440> the water <H4325> gate; <H8179> and they spake <H0559> unto Ezra <H5830> the scribe <H5608> to bring <H0935> the book <H5612> of the law <H8451> of Moses, <H4872> which the LORD <H3068> had commanded <H6680> to Israel. <H3478>
2: And Ezra <H5830> the priest <H3548> brought <H0935> the law <H8451> before <H6440> the congregation <H6951> both of men <H0376> and women, <H0802> and all that could hear <H8085> with understanding, <H0995> upon the first <H0259> day <H3117> of the seventh <H7637> month. <H2320>
3: And he read <H7121> therein before <H6440> the street <H7339> that [was] before <H6440> the water <H4325> gate <H8179> from the morning <H0216> until midday, <H4276> <H3117> before the men <H0582> and the women, <H0802> and those that could understand; <H0995> and the ears <H0241> of all the people <H5971> [were attentive] unto the book <H5612> of the law. <H8451>
4: And Ezra <H5830> the scribe <H5608> stood <H5975> upon a pulpit <H4026> of wood, <H6086> which they had made <H6213> for the purpose; <H1697> and beside <H0681> him stood <H5975> Mattithiah, <H4993> and Shema, <H8087> and Anaiah, <H6043> and Urijah, <H0223> and Hilkiah, <H2518> and Maaseiah, <H4641> on his right hand; <H3225> and on his left hand, <H8040> Pedaiah, <H6305> and Mishael, <H4332> and Malchiah, <H4441> and Hashum, <H2828> and Hashbadana, <H2806> Zechariah, <H2148> [and] Meshullam. <H4918>
5: And Ezra <H5830> opened <H6605> the book <H5612> in the sight <H5869> of all the people; <H5971> (for he was above all the people;) <H5971> and when he opened <H6605> it, all the people <H5971> stood up: <H5975>
6: And Ezra <H5830> blessed <H1288> the LORD, <H3068> the great <H1419> God. <H0430> And all the people <H5971> answered, <H6030> Amen, <H0543> Amen, <H0543> with lifting up <H4607> their hands: <H3027> and they bowed their heads, <H6915> and worshipped <H7812> the LORD <H3068> with [their] faces <H0639> to the ground. <H0776>
7: Also Jeshua, <H3442> and Bani, <H1137> and Sherebiah, <H8274> Jamin, <H3226> Akkub, <H6126> Shabbethai, <H7678> Hodijah, <H1941> Maaseiah, <H4641> Kelita, <H7042> Azariah, <H5838> Jozabad, <H3107> Hanan, <H2605> Pelaiah, <H6411> and the Levites, <H3881> caused the people <H5971> to understand <H0995> the law: <H8451> and the people <H5971> [stood] in their place. <H5977>
8: So they read <H7121> in the book <H5612> in the law <H8451> of God <H0430> distinctly, <H6567> and gave <H7760> the sense, <H7922> and caused [them] to understand <H0995> the reading. <H4744>
9: And Nehemiah, <H5166> which [is] the Tirshatha, <H8660> and Ezra <H5830> the priest <H3548> the scribe, <H5608> and the Levites <H3881> that taught <H0995> the people, <H5971> said <H0559> unto all the people, <H5971> This day <H3117> [is] holy <H6918> unto the LORD <H3068> your God; <H0430> mourn <H0056> not, nor weep. <H1058> For all the people <H5971> wept, <H1058> when they heard <H8085> the words <H1697> of the law. <H8451>
10: Then he said <H0559> unto them, Go your way, <H3212> eat <H0398> the fat, <H4924> and drink <H8354> the sweet, <H4477> and send <H7971> portions <H4490> unto them for whom nothing is prepared: <H3559> for [this] day <H3117> [is] holy <H6918> unto our Lord: <H0113> neither be ye sorry; <H6087> for the joy <H2304> of the LORD <H3068> is your strength. <H4581>
11: So the Levites <H3881> stilled <H2814> all the people, <H5971> saying, <H0559> Hold your peace, <H2013> for the day <H3117> [is] holy; <H6918> neither be ye grieved. <H6087>
12: And all the people <H5971> went <H3212> their way to eat, <H0398> and to drink, <H8354> and to send <H7971> portions, <H4490> and to make <H6213> great <H1419> mirth, <H8057> because they had understood <H0995> the words <H1697> that were declared <H3045> unto them.
13: And on the second <H8145> day <H3117> were gathered <H0622> together the chief <H7218> of the fathers <H0001> of all the people, <H5971> the priests, <H3548> and the Levites, <H3881> unto Ezra <H5830> the scribe, <H5608> even to understand <H7919> the words <H1697> of the law. <H8451>
14: And they found <H4672> written <H3789> in the law <H8451> which the LORD <H3068> had commanded <H6680> by <H3027> Moses, <H4872> that the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> should dwell <H3427> in booths <H5521> in the feast <H2282> of the seventh <H7637> month: <H2320>
15: And that they should publish <H8085> and proclaim <H5674> <H6963> in all their cities, <H5892> and in Jerusalem, <H3389> saying, <H0559> Go forth <H3318> unto the mount, <H2022> and fetch <H0935> olive <H2132> branches, <H5929> and pine <H8081> branches, <H6086> <H5929> and myrtle <H1918> branches, <H5929> and palm <H8558> branches, <H5929> and branches <H5929> of thick <H5687> trees, <H6086> to make <H6213> booths, <H5521> as [it is] written. <H3789>
16: So the people <H5971> went forth, <H3318> and brought <H0935> [them], and made <H6213> themselves booths, <H5521> every one <H0376> upon the roof <H1406> of his house, and in their courts, <H2691> and in the courts <H2691> of the house <H1004> of God, <H0430> and in the street <H7339> of the water <H4325> gate, <H8179> and in the street <H7339> of the gate <H8179> of Ephraim. <H0669>
17: And all the congregation <H6951> of them that were come again <H7725> out of the captivity <H7628> made <H6213> booths, <H5521> and sat <H3427> under the booths: <H5521> for since the days <H3117> of Jeshua <H3442> the son <H1121> of Nun <H5126> unto that day <H3117> had not the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> done <H6213> so. And there was very <H3966> great <H1419> gladness. <H8057>
18: Also day <H3117> by day, <H3117> from the first <H7223> day <H3117> unto the last <H0314> day, <H3117> he read <H7121> in the book <H5612> of the law <H8451> of God. <H0430> And they kept <H6213> the feast <H2282> seven <H7651> days; <H3117> and on the eighth <H8066> day <H3117> [was] a solemn assembly, <H6116> according unto the manner. <H4941>