Nehemiah 8:9
Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, “This day is holy to the Lord your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the Law.
And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the Lord your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
Note the Tirshatha: or, the governor
Nehemiah, who was the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “Today is holy to the Lord your God. Don’t mourn, nor weep.” For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.
And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto Jehovah your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 7:65, 70; Nehemiah 10:1; Ezra 2:63
- Tirshatha
- or, governor. Ezra.
- Ezra 7:11
- the Levites
- Nehemiah 8:7, 8; 2 Chronicles 15:3; 2 Chronicles 30:22; 2 Chronicles 35:3; Hosea 4:6
- This day
- Nehemiah 8:2; Leviticus 23:24; Numbers 29:1–6
- mourn not
- Deuteronomy 12:7, 12; Deuteronomy 16:11, 14, 15; Deuteronomy 26:14; Ecclesiastes 3:4; Isaiah 61:3; Malachi 2:13
- all the people
- 2 Kings 22:11, 19; 2 Chronicles 34:19, 21; Romans 3:20; Romans 7:9; 2 Corinthians 7:9–11