Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before God’s house, there was gathered together to him out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept very bitterly.
Joshua 8:35 - Y'all Version Bible There was not a word of all that Moses commanded which Joshua didn’t read before all the assembly of Israel, with the women, the little ones, and the foreigners who were among them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition There was not a word of all that Moses commanded which Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and little ones, and the foreigners who were living among them. American Standard Version (1901) There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the little ones, and the sojourners that were among them. Common English Bible There wasn’t a single word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua failed to read aloud in the presence of the entire assembly of Israel. This assembly included the women and small children, along with the immigrants who lived among them. Catholic Public Domain Version He left nothing untouched out of those things that Moses had ordered, and he repeated everything before the entire multitude of Israel, with the women and the little ones, and the new arrivals who were staying among them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He left out nothing of those things which Moses had commanded: but he repeated all before all the people of Israel, with the women and children and strangers that dwelt among them. |
Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before God’s house, there was gathered together to him out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept very bitterly.
Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all who could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.
He read from it before the wide place that was in front of the water gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women, and of those who could understand. The ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law.
A mixed multitude went up also with them, with flocks, herds, and even very much livestock.
“YHWH says: ‘Stand in the court of the house of YHWH, and speak to all the cities of Judah which come to worship in the house of YHWH, all the words that I command you to speak to them. Don’t omit a word.
Y’all gather the people. Y’all sanctify the assembly. Y’all assemble the elders. Y’all gather the children, and those who nurse from breasts. Let the bridegroom go out of his room, and the bride out of her chamber.
YHWH Almighty says: “In those days, ten people from all the languages and nations will grab the robe of a Jew and say, ‘Let us go with y’all, because we have heard that God is with y’all.’”
When Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, “Y’all let the little children to come to me! Don’t y’all stop them, for the Empire of God belongs to such as these.
because I never held back from declaring the whole counsel of God to y’all.
When our time there was complete, we left and continued on our journey. All of them, including wives and children, escorted us out of the city. After kneeling down on the beach to pray,
All of y’all are standing today in the presence of YHWH y’all’s God: y’all’s leaders, tribes, elders, and officers, and all the men of Israel,
together with y’all’s little ones and wives, and the foreigners living in y’all’s camps, from the one who cuts y’all’s wood to the one who draws y’all’s water,
Therefore, y’all are to keep the words of this covenant and do them, that y’all may prosper in all that y’all do.
Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and the foreigners who are within your gates, that they may hear, learn, fear YHWH y’all’s God, and observe to do all the words of this law,
Y’all must not add to the word that I command y’all and do not take away from it, so that y’all may keep the commandments of YHWH y’all’s God which I command y’all.