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1 # And all the people <05971> gathered themselves together <0622> (8735) as one <0259> man <0376> into the street <07339> that was before <06440> the water <04325> gate <08179>; and they spake <0559> (8799) unto Ezra <05830> the scribe <05608> (8802) to bring <0935> (8687) the book <05612> of the law <08451> of Moses <04872>, which the LORD <03068> had commanded <06680> (8765) to Israel <03478>.
2 And Ezra <05830> the priest <03548> brought <0935> (8686) the law <08451> before <06440> the congregation <06951> both of men <0376> and women <0802>, and all that could hear <08085> (8800) with understanding <0995> (8688) , upon the first <0259> day <03117> of the seventh <07637> month <02320>.
3 And he read <07121> (8799) therein before <06440> the street <07339> that was before <06440> the water <04325> gate <08179> from the morning <0216> until midday <04276> <03117>, before the men <0582> and the women <0802> , and those that could understand <0995> (8688); and the ears <0241> of all the people <05971> were attentive unto the book <05612> of the law <08451>.
4 And Ezra <05830> the scribe <05608> (8802) stood <05975> (8799) upon a pulpit <04026> of wood <06086>, which they had made <06213> (8804) for the purpose <01697>; and beside <0681> him stood <05975> (8799) Mattithiah <04993>, and Shema <08087>, and Anaiah <06043>, and Urijah <0223>, and Hilkiah <02518>, and Maaseiah <04641>, on his right hand <03225>; and on his left hand <08040>, Pedaiah <06305>, and Mishael <04332>, and Malchiah <04441>, and Hashum <02828>, and Hashbadana <02806>, Zechariah <02148>, and Meshullam <04918>.
5 And Ezra <05830> opened <06605> (8799) the book <05612> in the sight <05869> of all the people <05971> ; (for he was above all the people <05971>;) and when he opened <06605> (8800) it, all the people <05971> stood up <05975> (8804) :
6 And Ezra <05830> blessed <01288> (8762) the LORD <03068>, the great <01419> God <0430>. And all the people <05971> answered <06030> (8799), Amen <0543>, Amen <0543>, with lifting up <04607> their hands <03027>: and they bowed <06915> (8799) their heads, and worshipped <07812> (8691) the LORD <03068> with their faces <0639> to the ground <0776>.
7 Also Jeshua <03442>, and Bani <01137>, and Sherebiah <08274>, Jamin <03226>, Akkub <06126>, Shabbethai <07678>, Hodijah <01941>, Maaseiah <04641>, Kelita <07042>, Azariah <05838>, Jozabad <03107>, Hanan <02605>, Pelaiah <06411>, and the Levites <03881>, caused the people <05971> to understand <0995> (8688) the law <08451>: and the people <05971> stood in their place <05977>.
8 So they read <07121> (8799) in the book <05612> in the law <08451> of God <0430> distinctly <06567> (8794), and gave <07760> (8800) the sense <07922>, and caused them to understand <0995> (8799) the reading <04744> .
9 # And Nehemiah <05166>, which is the Tirshatha <08660>, and Ezra <05830> the priest <03548> the scribe <05608> (8802), and the Levites <03881> that taught <0995> (8688) the people <05971>, said <0559> (8799) unto all the people <05971>, This day <03117> is holy <06918> unto the LORD <03068> your God <0430>; mourn <056> (8691) not, nor weep <01058> (8799). For all the people <05971> wept <01058> (8802), when they heard <08085> (8800) the words <01697> of the law <08451>.
10 Then he said <0559> (8799) unto them, Go your way <03212> (8798), eat <0398> (8798) the fat <04924>, and drink <08354> (8798) the sweet <04477>, and send <07971> (8798) portions <04490> unto them for whom nothing is prepared <03559> (8737): for this day <03117> is holy <06918> unto our Lord <0113>: neither be ye sorry <06087> (8735); for the joy <02304> of the LORD <03068> is your strength <04581>.
There is a time to celebrate by eating, drinking and giving gifts. This produces a good feeling of joy and this Joy becomes a protection from spiritual attack.
- JOY

11 So the Levites <03881> stilled <02814> (8688) all the people <05971>, saying <0559> (8800), Hold your peace <02013> (8761), for the day <03117> is holy <06918>; neither be ye grieved <06087> (8735).
12 And all the people <05971> went their way <03212> (8799) to eat <0398> (8800), and to drink <08354> (8800), and to send <07971> (8763) portions <04490>, and to make <06213> (8800) great <01419> mirth <08057> , because they had understood <0995> (8689) the words <01697> that were declared <03045> (8689) unto them.
13 # And on the second <08145> day <03117> were gathered together <0622> (8738) the chief <07218> of the fathers <01> of all the people <05971>, the priests <03548>, and the Levites <03881>, unto Ezra <05830> the scribe <05608> (8802) , even to understand <07919> (8687) the words <01697> of the law <08451>.
14 And they found <04672> (8799) written <03789> (8803) in the law <08451> which the LORD <03068> had commanded <06680> (8765) by <03027> Moses <04872>, that the children <01121> of Israel <03478> should dwell <03427> (8799) in booths <05521> in the feast <02282> of the seventh <07637> month <02320>:
15 And that they should publish <08085> (8686) and proclaim <05674> (8686) <06963> in all their cities <05892> , and in Jerusalem <03389>, saying <0559> (8800), Go forth <03318> (8798) unto the mount <02022>, and fetch <0935> (8685) olive <02132> branches <05929>, and pine <08081> branches <06086> <05929>, and myrtle <01918> branches <05929>, and palm <08558> branches <05929>, and branches <05929> of thick <05687> trees <06086>, to make <06213> (8800) booths <05521>, as it is written <03789> (8803).
16 So the people <05971> went forth <03318> (8799), and brought <0935> (8686) them, and made <06213> (8799) themselves booths <05521>, every one <0376> upon the roof of his house <01406>, and in their courts <02691>, and in the courts <02691> of the house <01004> of God <0430>, and in the street <07339> of the water <04325> gate <08179>, and in the street <07339> of the gate <08179> of Ephraim <0669>.
17 And all the congregation <06951> of them that were come again <07725> (8802) out of the captivity <07628> made <06213> (8799) booths <05521>, and sat <03427> (8799) under the booths <05521>: for since the days <03117> of Jeshua <03442> the son <01121> of Nun <05126> unto that day <03117> had not the children <01121> of Israel <03478> done so <06213> (8804). And there was very <03966> great <01419> gladness <08057>.
18 Also day <03117> by day <03117>, from the first <07223> day <03117> unto the last <0314> day <03117> , he read <07121> (8799) in the book <05612> of the law <08451> of God <0430>. And they kept <06213> (8799) the feast <02282> seven <07651> days <03117>; and on the eighth <08066> day <03117> was a solemn assembly <06116>, according unto the manner <04941>.