Nehemiah 7:73–8:3

⁷³So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the Nethinim, and all Israel dwelt in their cities.

Ezra Reads the Law

^oWhen the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.

8Now all ^athe people gathered together as one man in the open square that was ^bin front of the Water Gate; and they told Ezra the ^cscribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded Israel. ²So Ezra the priest brought ^dthe Law before the assembly of men and women and all who could hear with understanding ^eon the first day of the seventh month. ³Then he ^fread from it in the open square that was in front of the Water Gate ¹from morning until midday, before the men and women and those who could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law.