Nehemiah 8:8 - Easy To Read Version

⁸ Those Levites read the Book of the Law of God. They made it easy to understand, and explained what it meant. They did this so the people could understand what was being read.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ So they read from the Book of the Law of God distinctly, faithfully amplifying and giving the sense so that [the people] understood the reading.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And they read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.

Common English Bible

⁸ They read aloud from the scroll, the Instruction from God, explaining and interpreting it so the people could understand what they heard.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And they read from the book of the law of God, distinctly and plainly, so as to be understood. And when it was read, they did understand.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ And they read in the book of the law of God distinctly and plainly to be understood: and they understood when it was read.

Nehemiah 8:8 Tagairtí Cros

2 Kings 23:2

Then the king went up to the Lord’s temple. All the people of Judah and the people that lived in Jerusalem went with him. The priests, the prophets, and all the people—from the least important to the most important—went with him. Then he read the book of the Agreement. This was the Book of the Law that was found in the Lord’s temple. Josiah read the book so all the people could hear it.

Ezra 4:18

The letter you sent us has been translated and read to me.

Nehemiah 8:12

Then all the people went to eat the special meal. They shared their food and drinks. They were very happy and celebrated that special day. They finally understood the lessons from the Lord that the teachers had been trying to teach them.

Nehemiah 8:7

These men from the family group of Levi taught the people about the Law as they were all standing there. Those Levites were: Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah.

Nehemiah 8:9

Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and teacher, and the men from the Levites that were teaching the people spoke. They said, “Today is a special day {\cf2\super [44]} to the Lord your God. Don’t be sad and cry.” They said that because all the people had begun to cry as they were listening to the messages of God in the Law.

Nehemiah 9:3

They stood there for about three hours, and the people read the Book of the Law of the Lord their God. Then for three more hours they confessed their sins and bowed down to worship the Lord their God.

Ezekiel 46:10

The ruler should be there among the people. When the people go in, the ruler will go in with them. When they go out, the ruler will go out.

Habakkuk 2:2

The Lord answered me, “Write down what I show you. Write clearly on a sign so people can read it easily. {\cf2\super [8]}

Luke 24:27

Then Jesus began to explain everything that had been written about himself in the Scriptures. {\cf2\super [393]} Jesus started with the books of Moses and then he talked about what the prophets had said about him.

Luke 24:32

The two men said to each other, “When Jesus talked to us on the road, it felt like a fire burning in us. It was exciting when he explained to us the true meaning of the Scriptures. {\cf2\super [394]} ”

Luke 24:45

Then Jesus helped the followers understand these Scriptures {\cf2\super [397]} written \{about him\}.

Acts 28:23

Paul and the Jews chose a day for a meeting. On that day many more of these Jews met with Paul at his house. Paul spoke to them all day long. Paul explained the kingdom of God to them. Paul tried to persuade them to believe the things about Jesus. He used the law of Moses and the writings of the prophets {\cf2\super [527]} to do this.