Nehemiah 8:13
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And on the second day the chiefs of the families of all the people, the priests, and the Levites were gathered together to Esdras the scribe, that he should interpret to them the words of the law.

the second

2 Chronicles 30:23 And it pleased the whole multitude to keep other seven days: which they did with great joy.

Proverbs 2:1-6 That thy ear may hearken to wisdom: incline thy heart to know prudence. . . .

Proverbs 8:33,34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, and that watcheth daily at my gates, and waiteth at the posts of my doors. . . .

Proverbs 12:1 He that is good, shall draw grace from the Lord: but he that trusteth in his own devices, doth wickedly.

Mark 6:33,34 And they saw them going away, and many knew: and they ran flocking thither foot from all the cities, and were there before them. . . .

Luke 19:47,48 And he was teaching daily in the temple. And the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people sought to destroy him. . . .

Acts 4:1 And as they were speaking to the people the priests and the officer of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,

Acts 13:42 And as they went out, they desired them that on the next sabbath they would speak unto them these words.

to understand the words of the law.

Nehemiah 8:7,8 Now Josue, and Bani, and Serebia, Jamin, Accub, Sephtai, Odia, Maasia, Celtia, Azarias, Jozabed, Hanan, Phalaia, the Levites, made silence among the people to hear the law: and the people stood in their place. . . .

Luke 24:32 And they said one to the other: Was not our heart burning within us, whilst he spoke in the way and opened to us the scriptures?

2 Timothy 2:24,25 But the servant of the Lord must not wrangle: but be mild toward all men, apt to teach, patient, . . .

Context
The Feast of Tabernacles
13And on the second day the chiefs of the families of all the people, the priests, and the Levites were gathered together to Esdras the scribe, that he should interpret to them the words of the law.14And they found written in the law, that the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in tabernacles, on the feast, in the seventh month:…
Cross References
Nehemiah 8:12
So all the people went to eat and drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth: because they understood the words that he had taught them.

Nehemiah 8:14
And they found written in the law, that the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in tabernacles, on the feast, in the seventh month:

Lexicon
On the second
הַשֵּׁנִ֡י (haš·šê·nî)
Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8145: Second (an ordinal number)

day [of the month],
וּבַיּ֣וֹם (ū·ḇay·yō·wm)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

the heads
רָאשֵׁ֨י (rā·šê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 7218: The head

of all
לְכָל־ (lə·ḵāl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the families,
הָאָב֜וֹת (hā·’ā·ḇō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1: Father

along with the priests
הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ (hak·kō·hă·nîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3548: Priest

and Levites,
וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם (wə·hal·wî·yim)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3881: Levites -- descendant of Levi

gathered
נֶאֶסְפוּ֩ (ne·’es·p̄ū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 622: To gather for, any purpose, to receive, take away, remove

around
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

Ezra
עֶזְרָ֖א (‘ez·rā)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5830: Ezra -- 'help', three Israelites

the scribe
הַסֹּפֵ֑ר (has·sō·p̄êr)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5608: To count, recount, relate

to study
וּלְהַשְׂכִּ֖יל (ū·lə·haś·kîl)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7919: To be, circumspect, intelligent

the words
דִּבְרֵ֥י (diḇ·rê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

of the Law.
הַתּוֹרָֽה׃ (hat·tō·w·rāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8451: Direction, instruction, law


Additional Translations
On the second day of the month, the heads of all the families, along with the priests and Levites, gathered around Ezra the scribe to study the words of the Law.And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.

And on the second day were gathered together the heads of fathers houses of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to give attention to the words of the law.

And on the second day the heads of families assembled with all the people, also the priests and Levites, to Esdras the scribe, to attend to all the words of the law.

And on the second day were gathered together the chief fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to Ezra the scribe, even to gain wisdom as to the words of the law.

And on the second day were gathered together the heads of fathers' houses of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to give attention to the words of the law.

And on the second day were assembled the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.

On the second day were gathered together the heads of fathers' [houses] of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to Ezra the scribe, even to give attention to the words of the law.

And on the second day have been gathered heads of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to act wisely concerning the words of the law.
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