Nehemiah 8:1-3

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  1 H5971 And all the people H622 gathered themselves together H259 as one H376 man H7339 into the broad H6440 place that was before H4325 the water H8179 gate; H559 and they spake H5830 unto Ezra H5608 the scribe H935 to bring H5612 the book H8451 of the law H4872 of Moses, H3068 which Jehovah H6680 had commanded H3478 to Israel.
  2 H5830 And Ezra H3548 the priest H935 brought H8451 the law H6440 before H6951 the assembly, H376 both men H802 and women, H8085 and all that could hear H995 with understanding, H259 upon the first H3117 day H7637 of the seventh H2320 month.
  3 H7121 And he read H6440 therein before H7339 the broad H6440 place that was before H4325 the water H8179 gate H216 from early morning H4276 until midday, H582 in the presence of the men H802 and the women, H995 and of those that could understand; H241 and the ears H5971 of all the people H5612 were attentive unto the book H8451 of the law.