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 Nehemiah 8

On the first day of the seventh month (Tishri), Ezra and his assistants read the Torah aloud to the whole population from the morning until midday. The event culminates in an enthusiastic seven-day celebration of the Festival of Sukkot.

People: Ezra – יהוה YHVH God – Mattithiah – Shema – Anaiah – Urijah – Hilkiah – Maaseiah – Pedaiah – Mishael – Malchiah – Hashum – Hashbadana – Zechariah – Meshullam – Jeshua – Bani – Sherebiah – Jamin – Akkub – Shabbethai – Hodijah – Kelita – Azariah – Jozabad – Hanan – Pelaiah – Levites – Nehemiah – Tirshatha – Children of Israel

Places: Jerusalem

Related articles: Torah – Moses – Kohen – Amen – Sukkot – Babylonian captivity – Joshua – Nun

English text: American Standard – Douay–Rheims – Free – King James – Jewish Publication Society – Tyndale – World English – Wycliffe