Neh 8:8-9 | ESV | STEP | They read from the book , from the Law of God , clearly , and they gave the sense , so that the people understood the reading .

‏ Nehemiah 8:8-9

8 They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly, ^{▼▼Or with interpretation, or paragraph by paragraph} and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading.

This Day Is Holy

9 And Nehemiah, who was ^bthe governor, and Ezra ^cthe priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, ^d“This day is holy to the Lord your God; ^edo not mourn or weep.” For all the people wept as they heard the words of the Law.