Today's Favorite Verse: Nehemiah 8:3, 8
"And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.
So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading."
What would it be like to not have my own copy of the scriptures and be able to read them. If all I could know is what someone read to me then I would sit attentively for hours listening to them. I could picture such a hunger these people had to hear the words of the Lord. Then to be told what it meant would be an absolute treasure. This was a wonderful event for the children of Israel. Now I could understand why Nehemiah said is verse 9.
"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."
Day 996
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