Nehemiah 8: Ezra Reads the Law

The people assemble at the Water Gate and ask Ezra to read the Law of Moses aloud, and he reads from early morning to midday while Levites explain its meaning. When the crowd weeps, the leaders tell them to feast and rejoice instead, and they then keep the Feast of Booths with great joy.

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The next day, the family leaders, priests and Levites met with Ezra to look more closely at the Law. What did they discover in it (Nehemiah 8:13-15)?

They were to live in shelters of branches at the seventh-month feastThey were to fast for seven days at the start of each new yearThey were to rebuild the altar before any other work beganThey were to read the Law at every gate at each new moon