Nehemiah 8:2

New Century Version

So on the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought out the Teachings for the crowd. Men, women, and all who could listen and understand had gathered.

Cross References

Leviticus 23:24

“Tell the people of Israel: ‘On the first day of the seventh month you must have a special day of rest, a holy meeting, when you blow the trumpet for a special time of remembering.

Malachi 2:7

“A priest should teach what he knows, and people should learn the teachings from him, because he is the messenger of the Lord All-Powerful.

Numbers 29:1

“ ‘Have a holy meeting on the first day of the seventh month, and don’t work on that day. That is the day you blow the trumpets.

Acts 15:21

They should do these things, because for a long time in every city the law of Moses has been taught. And it is still read in the synagogue every Sabbath day.”

Isaiah 28:9

The Lord is trying to teach the people a lesson; he is trying to make them understand his teachings. But the people are like babies too old for breast milk, like those who no longer nurse at their mother’s breast.

Deuteronomy 17:18

When he becomes king, he should write a copy of the teachings on a scroll for himself, a copy taken from the priests and Levites.

Nehemiah 8:9

Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and teacher, and the Levites who were teaching said to all the people, “This is a holy day to the Lord your God. Don’t be sad or cry.” All the people had been crying as they listened to the words of the Teachings.

Nehemiah 9:1

On the twenty-fourth day of that same month, the people of Israel gathered. They fasted, and they wore rough cloth and put dust on their heads to show their sadness.

Joshua 8:35

All the Israelites were gathered together—men, women, and children—along with the non-Israelites who lived among them. Joshua read every command that Moses had given.

Nehemiah 8:18

Ezra read to them every day from the Book of the Teachings, from the first day to the last. The people of Israel celebrated the feast for seven days, and then on the eighth day the people gathered as the law said.

Nehemiah 10:29

They joined their fellow Israelites and their leading men in taking an oath, which was tied to a curse in case they broke the oath. They promised to follow the Teachings of God, which they had been given through Moses the servant of God, and to obey all the commands, rules, and laws of the Lord our God.

Nehemiah 13:1

On that day they read the Book of Moses to the people, and they found that it said no Ammonite or Moabite should ever be allowed in the meeting to worship.