Nehemiah 8:11
“So the Leuites stilled all the people, saying, Holde your peace, for the day is holy, neither be ye grieued.”
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Nehemiah 8:11 Context
9¶ And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the Priest the Scribe, and the Leuites that taught the people, said vnto all the people, This day is holy vnto the Lord your God, mourne not, nor weepe: for all the people wept, when they heard the words of the Law. 10Then hee sayd vnto them, Goe your way, eat the fat, & drinke the sweet, and send portions vnto them, for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy vnto our Lord: neither be ye sory, for the ioy of the Lord is your strength. 11So the Leuites stilled all the people, saying, Holde your peace, for the day is holy, neither be ye grieued. 12And all the people went their way to eate, and to drinke, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had vnderstood the wordes that were declared vnto them. 13¶ And on the second day were gathered together the chiefe of the fathers of all the people, the Priestes and the Leuites, vnto Ezra the Scribe, euen to vnderstand the wordes of the Law.
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So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day [is] holy; neither be ye grieved.
- King James Version
So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, "Be still, for the day is holy; do not be grieved."
- New American Standard Version (1995)