Nehemiah 9:3

Bible in Basic English 1965

And for a fourth part of the day, upright in their places, they were reading from the book of the law of their God; and for a fourth part of the day they were requesting forgiveness and worshipping the Lord their God.

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:1

On that day there was a reading from the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and they saw that it said in the book that no Ammonite or Moabite might ever come into the meeting of God;

Matthew 3:6

And they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying openly that they had done wrong.