THE HOLY BIBLE Douay-Rheims

Second Book of Esdras (Author Nehemias or Esdras or both)

8:9And Nehemias (he is Athersatha) and Esdras the priest and scribe, and the Levites who interpreted to all the people, said: This is a holy day to the Lord our God: do not mourn, nor weep: for all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.


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