Nehemiah 8:11-13 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

11. And the Lĕwites were silencing all the people, saying, “Hush, for the day is set-apart, do not be sad.”

12. And all the people went to eat and to drink, and to send portions and make a great rejoicing, because they understood the words that were made known to them.

13. And on the second day the heads of the fathers’ houses of all the people, with the priests and Lĕwites, were gathered to Ezra the scribe, in order to study the words of the Torah.

Nehemiah 8