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Nehemiah 8:1

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Life and Ministry Meeting Workbook,

    2/2016, p. 3

  • Publications Index

    mwb16.02 3;

    ad 626; ep 14

Nehemiah 8:2

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    10/15/1998, p. 20

  • Publications Index

    w98 10/15 20;

    ad 1623; ep 14

Nehemiah 8:3

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    10/15/2013, pp. 21-22

  • Publications Index

    w13 10/15 21-22;

    ep 14

Nehemiah 8:5

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    ep 14

Nehemiah 8:6

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 215-216

  • Publications Index

    it-1 216;

    ad 163; w62 509

Nehemiah 8:7

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 1138

  • Publications Index

    it-2 1138;

    ad 1623

Nehemiah 8:8

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Enjoy Life Forever!, lesson 10

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 145, 1070

    The Watchtower,

    2/1/2006, p. 11

    5/15/1996, p. 16

    2/15/1986, p. 26

    “All Scripture,” p. 89

  • Publications Index

    lff lesson 10; it-1 145, 1070; w06 2/1 11; w96 5/15 16; si 89; w86 2/15 26;

    w73 204, 206; ad 104, 738; w50 207, 384; ep 14, 26, 50, 180

Nehemiah 8:10

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Life and Ministry Meeting Workbook,

    7/2023, p. 10

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 814

    The Watchtower,

    10/15/2013, p. 22

    12/15/2008, p. 32

    10/15/1998, p. 20

    1/15/1995, p. 11

    9/1/1994, pp. 13-14

    3/15/1992, p. 19

  • Publications Index

    mwb23.07 10; it-1 814; w13 10/15 22; w08 12/15 32; w98 10/15 20; w95 1/15 11; w94 9/1 14; w92 3/15 19;

    w80 2/15 18; w73 460; w72 190-191; ad 568; w65 331; w64 599; bf 350; w61 115; w57 703; nh 324; w51 374; w47 215

Nehemiah 8:13

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    10/15/1998, pp. 20-21

  • Publications Index

    w98 10/15 20-21

Nehemiah 8:14

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 822

  • Publications Index

    it-1 822;

    mg63 85

Nehemiah 8:15

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 822

  • Publications Index

    it-1 822;

    w37 109; w33 230; pp 26

Nehemiah 8:16

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 822

  • Publications Index

    it-1 822;

    ad 575

Nehemiah 8:17

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    mg63 85

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Nehemiah 8:1-18

Nehemiah

8 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.

2 And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.

3 And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.

4 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:

6 And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.

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

9 And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.

10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

11 So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.

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.

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.

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

15 And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.

16 So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.

17 And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.

18 Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.

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