Nehemiah 8:12

12 And all the people went their way to eat and drink and to send portions and to make great rejoicing, because ^jthey had understood the words that were declared to them.

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Nehemiah 8:7–8
Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites, helped the people to understand the Law, while the people remained in their places. They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly, and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading.

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