Nehemiah 8:9

This Day Is Holy

9 m And Nehemiah, who was the 1 governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, n "This day is holy to the LORD your God; o do not mourn nor weep." For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the Law.

  1. Cross References
    Ezra 2:63
    And the governor said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things till a priest could consult with the Urim and Thummim.
    Nehemiah 7:65
    And the governor said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things till a priest could consult with the Urim and Thummim.
    Nehemiah 7:70
    And some of the heads of the fathers' houses gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury one thousand gold drachmas, fifty basins, and five hundred and thirty priestly garments.
    Nehemiah 10:1
    Now those who placed their seal on the document were: Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah.
  2. Cross References
    Leviticus 23:24
    Speak to the children of Israel, saying: 'In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath- rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation.
    Numbers 29:1
    And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work. For you it is a day of blowing the trumpets.
  3. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 16:14
    And you shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant and the Levite, the stranger and the fatherless and the widow, who are within your gates.
    Ecclesiastes 3:4
    A time to weep, And a time to laugh; A time to mourn, And a time to dance.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.