7 He took a yoke of oxen and ^tcut them in pieces and sent them throughout all the territory of Israel by the hand of the messengers, saying, “Whoever does not come out after Saul and Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen!” Then the dread of the Lord fell upon the people, and they came out as one man.

Rebuilding the Altar

1 When the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in the towns, the people gathered ^tas one man to Jerusalem.

Ezra Reads the Law

1 And all the people gathered ^xas one man into the square before the Water Gate. And they told ^yEzra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the Lord had commanded Israel.