11 when all Israel comes to (A)appear before the Lord your God in the (B)place which He chooses, (C)you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing.

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11 when all Israel comes to appear(A) before the Lord your God at the place he will choose,(B) you shall read this law(C) before them in their hearing.

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Then he (A)read from it in the open square that was in front of the Water Gate [a]from morning until midday, before the men and women and those who could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 8:3 Lit. from the light

He read it aloud from daybreak till noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate(A) in the presence of the men, women and others who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.

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