Nehemiah 8:8
“So they read in the booke, in the Law of God distinctly, and gaue the sense, and caused them to vnderstand the reading.”
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Nehemiah 8:8 Context
6And Ezra blessed the Lord the great God: and al the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting vp their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the Lord, with their faces to the ground. 7Also Ieshua and Bani, and Sherebiah, Iamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Iozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Leuites, caused the people to vnderstand the law: and the people stood in their place. 8So they read in the booke, in the Law of God distinctly, and gaue the sense, and caused them to vnderstand the reading. 9¶ And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the Priest the Scribe, and the Leuites that taught the people, said vnto all the people, This day is holy vnto the Lord your God, mourne not, nor weepe: for all the people wept, when they heard the words of the Law. 10Then hee sayd vnto them, Goe your way, eat the fat, & drinke the sweet, and send portions vnto them, for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy vnto our Lord: neither be ye sory, for the ioy of the Lord is your strength.
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So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused [them] to understand the reading.
- King James Version
They read from the book, from the law of God, translating to give the sense so that they understood the reading.
- New American Standard Version (1995)