Nehemiah 8:1

8:1 all the people gathered together ¹  in the plaza which was in front of the Water Gate. They asked ²  Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the LORD had commanded Israel.

Nehemiah 8:3

8:3 So he read it before the plaza in front of the Water Gate from dawn till noon ³  before the men and women and those children who could understand. ⁴  All the people were eager to hear ⁵  the book of the law.

Nehemiah 8:18

8:18 Ezra ⁶  read in the book of the law of God day by day, from the first day to the last. ⁷  They observed the festival for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly ⁸  as was required. ⁹ 

Nehemiah 9:3

9:3 For one-fourth of the day they stood in their place and read from the book of the law of the LORD their God, and for another fourth they were confessing their sins ¹⁰  and worshiping the LORD their God.

Nehemiah 13:1

Further Reforms by Nehemiah

13:1 On that day the book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing ¹¹  of the people. They found ¹²  written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite may ever enter the assembly of God,

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¹ tn Heb “like one man.”

² tn Heb “said [to].”

³ tn Heb “from the light till the noon of the day.”

⁴ tn Heb “all who could hear with understanding.” The word “children” is understood to be implied here by a number of English versions (e.g., NAB, TEV, NLT).

⁵ tn Heb “the ears of all the people were toward.”

⁶ tn Heb “He”; the referent (Ezra) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Heb “the last day.”

⁸ tn Heb “on the eighth day an assembly.” The words “they held” have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn Heb “according to the judgment.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “confessing.” The words “their sins” are not present in the Hebrew text of v. 3, but are clearly implied here because they are explicitly stated in v. 2.

¹¹ tn Heb “ears.”

¹² tn Heb “it was found.” The Hebrew verb is passive.