Nehemiah 8:13 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹³ And on the second day were gathered together the heads of fathers' houses of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to give attention to the words of the law.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ On the second day, all the heads of fathers' houses, with the priests and Levites, gathered to Ezra the scribe to study and understand the words of divine instruction.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ And on the second day were gathered together the heads of fathers’ houses of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to give attention to the words of the law.

Common English Bible

¹³ On the second day, the heads of the families of all the people, along with the priests and the Levites, gathered together around Ezra the scribe in order to study the words of the Instruction.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ And on the second day, the leaders of the families of all the people, the priests, and the Levites were gathered together to Ezra the scribe, so that he might interpret for them the words of the law.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ And on the second day the chiefs of the families of all the people, the priests, and the Levites were gathered together to Esdras the scribe, that he should interpret to them the words of the law.

Nehemiah 8:13 Cross References

2 Chronicles 30:23

And the whole congregation took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness.

Nehemiah 8:12

And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them.

Nehemiah 8:14

And they found written in the law, how that the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month:

Proverbs 12:1

Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge: But he that hateth reproof is brutish.

Luke 24:32

And they said one to another, Was not our heart burning within us, while he spake to us in the way, while he opened to us the scriptures?

Acts 13:42

And as they went out, they besought that these words might be spoken to them the next sabbath.

Acts 4:1

And as they spake unto the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,