12 Congregate the people,+ the men and the women and the little ones and your alien resident who is within your gates, in order that they may listen and in order that they may learn,+ as they must fear Jehovah YOUR God+ and take care to carry out all the words of this law.

2 Accordingly Ezʹra the priest+ brought the law before the congregation*+ of men as well as of women and of all intelligent enough to listen,+ on the first day of the seventh month.+