Nehemiah 8:1

King James Version (KJV)

And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.

Translations

Nehemiah 8:1 - Amplified Bible

THEN ALL the people gathered together as one man in the broad place before the Water Gate; and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses, which the Lord had given to Israel.

Nehemiah 8:1 - American Standard Version

And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the broad place that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Jehovah had commanded to Israel.

Nehemiah 8:1 - Bible in Basic English

And when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their towns. And all the people came together like one man into the wide place in front of the water-doorway; and they made a request to Ezra the scribe that he would put before them the book of the law of Moses which the Lord had given to Israel.

Nehemiah 8:1 - Darby Bible

all the people gathered together as one man to the open place that was before the water-gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Jehovah had commanded Israel.

Nehemiah 8:1 - English Standard Version

And all the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate. And they told Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the Lord had commanded Israel.

Nehemiah 8:1 - King James Version

Nehemiah 8:1 - La Biblia de las Americas

Se reuniò todo el pueblo como un solo hombre en la plaza que estaba delante de la puerta de las Aguas, y pidieron al escriba Esdras que trajera el libro de la ley de Moisés que el SEÑOR habìa dado a Israel.

Nehemiah 8:1 - The Message

By the time the seventh month arrived, the People of Israel were settled in their towns. Then all the people gathered as one person in the town square in front of the Water Gate and asked the scholar Ezra to bring the Book of The Revelation of Moses that God had commanded for Israel.

Nehemiah 8:1 - New American Standard Bible

And all the people gathered as one man at the square which was in front of the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the LORD had given to Israel.

Nehemiah 8:1 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Todo el pueblo se reuniò como un solo hombre en la plaza que estaba delante de la Puerta de las Aguas, y pidieron al escriba Esdras que trajera el Libro de la Ley de Moisés que el SEÑOR habìa dado a Israel.

Nehemiah 8:1 - World English Bible

All the people gathered themselves together as one man into the broad place that was before the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Yahweh had commanded to Israel.

Nehemiah 8:1 - Young's Living Translation

And all the people are gathered as one man unto the broad place that [is] before the water-gate, and they say to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, that Jehovah commanded Israel.

Nehemiah 8:1 - Additional Comments

After the wall was built (chapters 4-6), and after the list of those who've returned was made known (chapter 7), the book of the Law is read. This public reading and exposition of God's Word brought a great wave of repentance among the people, a great "revival", and a solemn covenant to keep the Law (chapters 9-10).
"It was the finding of the Book of the Law that brought Josiah's great Reformation (2 Kings 22). It was Martin Luther's find of a Bible that made the Protestant Reformation, and brought religious liberty to our modern world. The weakness of present-day Protestantism is its Neglect of the Bible which it professes to follow. The grand need of today's pulpit is Simple Expository Preaching." - Halley's Bible Handbook, describing Nehemiah 7-8.
Ezra came up out of Babylon thirteen years before Nehemiah came, yet we have here the first reading of the Scriptures in Jerusalem in a long time. Ezra might have been done this before, but did not until Nehemiah came, probably because Nehemiah's zeal for God was contagious, and the people wanted the same..
Note that this was not a required gathering, but the people came voluntarily. They were ready to come back to God, and they asked Ezra for the reading.
The place where the met was in the street that was before the Water Gate, a spacious broad street, able to contain so great a multitude. Sacrifices were to be offered only at the door of the temple, but praying, praising, and preaching, are as acceptably performed in one place as in any another.

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