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Nehemiah 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.

KJV

Attulit ergo Esdras sacerdos legem coram multitudine virorum et mulierum, cunctisque qui poterant intelligere, in die prima mensis septimi.

Vulgate

καὶ ἤνεγκεν Ἔσρας ὁ ἱερεὺς τὸν νόμον ἐνώπιον τῆς ἐκκλησίας, ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς ἕως γυναικὸς καὶ πᾶς ὁ συνίων ἀκούειν, ἐν ἡμέρᾳ μιᾷ τοῦ μηνὸς τοῦ ἑβδόμου·

LXX

And Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.

ASV

וַ/יָּבִ֣יא עֶזְרָ֣א הַ֠/כֹּהֵן אֶֽת הַ/תּוֹרָ֞ה לִ/פְנֵ֤י הַ/קָּהָל֙ מֵ/אִ֣ישׁ וְ/עַד אִשָּׁ֔ה וְ/כֹ֖ל מֵבִ֣ין לִ/שְׁמֹ֑עַ בְּ/י֥וֹם אֶחָ֖ד לַ/חֹ֥דֶשׁ הַ/שְּׁבִיעִֽי

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶחָ֖ד
'chd
adjective · 970×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
חֹ֣דֶשׁ
chdsh
noun · 280×
י
y
noun · 221×
יָבִ֥ין
ybyn
verb · 168×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
כֹּהֵ֔ן
khn
noun · 747×
עֶזְרָ֣א
'zr'
proper_noun · 22×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
קְהַ֣ל
qhl
noun · 123×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
שְּׁבִיעִ֔י
shby'y
adjective · 98×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Jas 1:19 — Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
  • Josh 8:34 — And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.
  • Josh 8:35 — There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.
  • Lev 10:11 — And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
  • Lev 23:24 — Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.
  • Mal 2:7 — For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
  • Mal 2:7 — For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
  • Neh 8:9 — And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. Fo
  • Neh 9:1 — Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.
  • Num 29:1 — And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.