Nehemiah 8:11
So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Hold your peace, for the day is holy. Don’t be grieved.”Nehemiah 8:11 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — નહેમ્યા ૮:૧૧
- “છાના રહો, કેમ કે આજનો દિવસ પવિત્ર છે; માટે ઉદાસ ન થાઓ,” એમ કહીને લેવીઓએ સર્વ લોકોને શાંત પાડ્યા.
- हिन्दी — नहेम्याह ८:११
- अतः लेवियों ने सब लोगों को यह कहकर चुप करा दिया, “चुप रहो क्योंकि आज का दिन पवित्र है; और उदास मत रहो।”
In context
9Nehemiah, who was the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “Today is holy to the LORD your God. Don’t mourn, nor weep.” For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.
10Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for today is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
11So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Hold your peace, for the day is holy. Don’t be grieved.”
12All the people went their way to eat, to drink, to send portions, and to celebrate, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.
13On the second day, the heads of fathers’ households of all the people, the priests, and the Levites were gathered together to Ezra the scribe, to study the words of the law.
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