Nehemiah 8:6-8

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁶ Ezra praised the Lord, the great God, and with their hands uplifted^(A) all the people said, “Amen, Amen!”^(B) Then they bowed down and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.^(C)

⁷ Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah,^(D) who were Levites,^[a](E) explained the law^(F) to the people as they stood in their places. ⁸ They read out of the book of the law of God, translating and giving the meaning so that the people could understand what was read.