Nehemiah 8:11-13

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹¹ And the Levites stilled all the people, saying: Hold your peace, for the day is holy, and be not sorrowful.

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.

¹³ 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.