Nehemiah 8:11-13

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹¹ So the Levites quieted all the people, saying, Be still, for the day is holy. And do not be grieved and sad.

¹² And all the people went their way to eat, drink, send portions, and make great rejoicing, for they had understood the words that were declared to them.

¹³ On the second day, all the heads of fathers’ houses, with the priests and Levites, gathered to Ezra the scribe to study and understand the words of ^[a]divine instruction.