Nehemiah 8:2-3

DouayRheims(i) 2 Then Esdras the priest brought the law before the multitude of men and women, and all those that could understand, in the first day of the seventh month. 3 And he read it plainly in the street that was before the water gate, from the morning until midday, before the men, and the women, and all those that could understand: and the ears of all the people were attentive to the book.