CHAPTER EXPLORER
Nehemiah 8
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18 verses in KJV · 236 outgoing cross-reference links
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Opening verses of Nehemiah 8 (KJV)
8:1 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that [was] before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.
8:2 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.
8:3 And he read therein before the street that [was] before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people [were attentive] unto the book of the law.
Historical / attribution context
Traditional writer attribution: Nehemiah
Approximate study chronology: c. 445 BC
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