Nehemiah 8:11 meaning and explanation
And the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, since today is holy. Do not grieve.”
Nehemiah 8:11, Berean Standard Bible
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After the exiles returned and rebuilt Jerusalem's wall, the people gathered at the Water Gate to hear Ezra read the Law aloud, and they wept as they listened. Nehemiah, Ezra and the Levites, the temple assistants who taught the people, told them to stop mourning because the day was holy, the first day of the seventh month.
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