Across
- 2. So on the first day of the seventh month Ezra the priest brought the _____ before the assembly, which was made up of men and women and all who were able to understand.
- 4. "This day is _____ to our Lord. "
- 7. Nehemiah said, “Go and _____ choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared."
- 9. "Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your _____.”
- 12. They told _____ the teacher of the Law to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded for Israel.
- 13. They read from the Book of the Law of God, making it clear and giving the _____ so that the people understood what was being read.
- 14. He read it aloud from daybreak till noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate in the presence of the men, women and others who could _____.
Down
- 1. All the people came _____ as one in the square before the Water Gate.
- 3. Then they bowed down and _____ the Lord with their faces to the ground.
- 5. Then _____ the governor, Ezra the priest and teacher of the Law, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to them all, “This day is holy to the Lord your God. Do not mourn or weep.”
- 6. And all the people _____ attentively to the Book of the Law.
- 8. For all the people had been _____ as they listened to the words of the Law.
- 10. Ezra _____ the book. All the people could see him because he was standing above them; and as he opened it, the people all stood up.
- 11. Ezra _____ the Lord, the great God; and all the people lifted their hands and responded, “Amen! Amen!”
