2 So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could understand what they heard, ^zon the first day of the seventh month. 3 And he ^aread from it facing the square before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law.

8 They read from the book, from the Law of God, ^cclearly,¹ and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading.

18 And day by day, from the first day to the last day, he read from the Book of the Law of God. They kept the feast seven days, and on the eighth day there was a solemn assembly, ^haccording to the rule.

Nehemiah’s Final Reforms

1 On that day they ^aread from the Book of Moses in the hearing of the people. And ^bin it was found written that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,