Nehemiah 8:11-13

International Standard Version

¹¹ The descendants of Levi also calmed all the people by saying, “Be still, for the day is holy. Don’t be sorrowful!”

¹² So all the people went to eat, to drink, to send something to those who had nothing,^[a] and to celebrate with great joy, because they understood the words that were being declared to them.

The Festival of Tents is Reinstituted^(A)

¹³ The next day, the heads of the families of all the people were gathered together, along with the priests and the descendants of Levi, to meet with^[b] Ezra the scribe in order to understand the words of the Law.