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All the people gathered themselves together as one man into the wide place that was in front of the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.
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Verse 1. Were in, or had been at home, ( Bible.) after the dedication of the walls, ( Calmet.) till they assembled ( Bible.) at the beginning of the civil year, on the feast of trumpets, which was a day of rejoicing, (verse 9. Numbers 29:1) the festival of the new moon. Riberia. Menochius.—Gate, near the temple. Calmet. 3:26. Calmet.—Moses; the pentateuch. Menochius.—He is not desired to restore what was lost. Tirinus.—As many copies had been preserved by the prophets, which Esdras revised. Worthington.
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