Nehemiah 7:73–8:3

⁷³The priests, Levites, gatekeepers, temple singers, some of the people, temple servants, and all Israel settled in their towns.^g

PUBLIC READING OF THE LAW

When the seventh month^h came and the Israelites had settled in their towns, 8all the people gathered togetherⁱ at the square in front of the Water Gate.^j They asked the scribe Ezra^k to bring the book of the law of Moses^l that the Lord had given Israel. ²On the first day of the seventh month,^m the priest Ezraⁿ brought the law^o before the assembly of men, women, and all who could listen with understanding. ³While he was facing the square in front of the Water Gate,^p he read out of it from daybreak until noon before the men, the women, and those who could understand. All the people listened attentively^D to the book of the law.^q